Halle Berry fought to get “Bruised” made.
The movie, a labor of love (if not necessarily of originality) about an ex-Mma fighter who goes from scrubbing toilets to standing proud for her estranged young son, is all about proving oneself to the world, and so it’s fitting that Berry spent several years whipping the project into existence.
Despite making history at the Oscars 20 years ago, Berry has struggled to find the kind of roles that challenge her.
So she took matters into her own hands.With “Bruised,” Berry responded to a script about a 21-year-old white girl and had it rewritten for an indefinitely older woman, then pitched the project to skeptical parties around town, before ultimately stepping behind the camera to direct it herself.
The result — which debuted as a “work in progress” at the 2020 Toronto Film Festival, was acquired by Netflix, and underwent another year’s
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