Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te whakaari a Paramount Pictures i te tau 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 puta ohorere a Eklund i runga i te atamira me Christian Bale i te mea i riro i a ia te tohu mo te Kaitito Tautoko Pai 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.