Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Paramount Pictures '2010 wasan kwaikwayo "The Fighter" ya ba da labarin haɓakar ɗan ƙaramin ɗan'uwan Eklund, Micky Ward. David O. Russell ne ya shirya fim din, tauraron fim din Christian Bale a matsayin Eklund da Mark Wahlberg a matsayin Ward. A cikin
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Eklund ya yi wani abin mamaki a kan mataki tare da Kirista Bale kamar yadda na karshe ya karbi lambar yabo ga fitaccen Mataimakin Actor domin ya nuna Eklund. Bale ya kuma lashe kyautar Golden Globe da Academy Award don aikinsa. A lokacin jawabin karɓar lambar yabo ta Academy, ya gode wa Eklund da Ward, waɗanda ke cikin masu sauraro.