Blows my mind: One-legged wrestler cant believe whats happened to his life story
Anthony Robles was always told what he couldn’t do as a kid because he was born without a right leg, but that never stopped him from achieving his ultimate sports dream.Despite all of the success on the mat, he got very little interest from the best wrestling programs in the country because they focused on what he didn’t have.The Arizona native only received significant interest from Division II and Division III programs.Robles bet on himself and walked-on to the Arizona State wrestling team, where he authored one of the most remarkable sports stories in recent memory: He went 36-0 as a senior and won the national championship in the 125-pound division in 2011. The three-time Pac-10 champion’s life story is the basis of a new movie “Unstoppable” produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s company and dropped on Prime Video on this week.Jennifer Lopez stars as Robles’ mother Judy, Don Cheadle plays Arizona State wrestling head coach Shawn Charles and Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome headlines the movie as Robles. “It still blows my mind and it’s an honor,” said Robles, who was also a producer on the movie.
“What’s most amazing is that it’s an all-star cast, but they cared so much about telling my story in an authentic way.That really meant a lot to me and my family and I could not be prouder.”All of the wrestling scenes in the movie feature Division I wrestlers and Robles was the body double for Jerome, which meant he had the opportunity to get back on the mat for the first time since winning the national championship in 2011.“I was so excited, I got something to train for again.
I took it 100% seriously like I was competing.I dropped about 10 pounds and I got into cardio and conditioning shape,” said Robles.
“It was so much fun to create the wrestling choreography with Jharrel.What you’re seeing is wrestling at 100% intensity.
We went out there full blast and called it a violent dance.”Cheadle, who has been in other sports movies l...