Tough As They Come film: Sylvester Stallone to direct Adam Driver in true story of Travis Mills, based on his 2015 memoir.
More on the Tough As They Come film below.
Sylvester Stallone has lined up hi next directorial project. The Hollywood legend will direct and star alongside Adam Driver in Tough As They Come, a true story based on a book of the same name from back in 2015, so reports Deadline.
Tough As They Come is based on the story of US Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, a quadruple amputee who lost four limbs days before his 25th birthday in Afghanistan.
Here’s the background to his story from the source material.
Thousands of soldiers die each year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost—Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation.
Suddenly forced to reconcile with the fact that he no longer had arms or legs, Travis was faced with a future drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. He would never again be able to lead his squad, hold his wife’s hand, or pick up his infant daughter.
Travis struggled through the painful and anxious days of rehabilitation so that he could regain the strength to live his life to the fullest. With enormous willpower and endurance, the unconditional love of his family, and a generous amount of faith, Travis shocked everyone with his remarkable recovery. Even without limbs, he still swims, dances with his wife, rides mountain bikes, and drives his daughter to school.
Travis inspires thousands every day with his remarkable journey. He doesn’t want to be thought of as wounded. “I’m just a man with scars,” he says, “living life to the fullest and best I know how.”
Apparently Driver is set to play Mills, while Stallone will play his supportive father-in-law Craig Buck. Details need to be sorted out deal wise for all involved, but the project looks set to go ahead over at Fox.
