Tuhia he whakaari mo tenei whitianga - Ko te whakaari a Paramount Pictures 2010 "The Fighter" e whakaatu ana i te pikinga ake o te teina o Eklund, a Micky Ward. Na David O. Russell i whakahaere, ko te kiriata ko Christian Bale hei Eklund me Mark Wahlberg hei Ward. I te 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards
I te tau 2011, i puta ohorere a Eklund ki te atamira me Christian Bale i te wa i riro mai ai i a ia te tohu mo te Kaitito Tautoko Pai rawa atu mo tana whakaahua i a Eklund. I wini ano a Bale i te Golden Globe me te Academy Award mo tana mahi. I a ia e korero ana mo te Whakaaetanga Tohu Academy, ka whakawhetai ia ki a Eklund me Ward, i roto i te hunga whakarongo.