''Pep'' is an upcoming American biographical sports drama film directed by Robert Kolodny and starring

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as professional boxer

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Plot

Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired world featherweight boxing champion. Now living in Hartford Connecticut with an aspiring actress wife half his age, a drug-addled son, Italian immigrant parents, mounting debts and the feeling of faded glory… Pep decides to make a return to the ring.

Cast

*Ruby Wolf as Linda Pep *

Keir Gilchrist Keir David Peters Gilchrist (; born 28 September 1992) is a Canadian actor and musician. On television, he portrayed Marshall Gregson on the Showtime comedy-drama ''United States of Tara'' (2009–2011) and headlined the Netflix comedy-drama '' ...

as Billy Papaleo Jr. * Stephen Lang as Bill Gore * Ron Livingston as Bob Kaplan *

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as Sandy Saddler *Shari Albert as Fran *Imma Aiello as "Mama" Papaleo *

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as Bill Lee * David Gere

Production

Filming occurred in

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

in November 2021.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2352396 Upcoming films American biographical drama films American boxing films American sports drama films Appian Way Productions films Biographical films about sportspeople Films shot in Connecticut