FIRST WORDS
There was an aspect the studio wanted — somebody who could fight. ... Conor obviously wants to have a scrap with everybody, so that’s useful.”
“Venom” lead actor Tom Hardy, telling RTE Entertainment that Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor was an inspiration for his character’s personality. Hardy plays Eddie Brock, a fictional journalist who becomes the anti-hero Venom.
This is not a subjective decision. Our audience research informs us that boxing is no longer a determinant factor for subscribing to HBO.”
Executive vice president of HBO Sports Peter Nelson on Thursday in a meeting with HBO’s boxing production staff, according to a report by The New York Times. Next month, the network will end 45 years of covering the sport.