For the film, Pitt had worked a lot on his body – as had Norton – increasing its structure by practicing boxing, taekwondo and wrestling, shaving his hair and having his incisors chipped on purpose by his dentist, to be more believable in the role. The traditional media did not welcome Seliger’s shots very well, they were mocked in no uncertain terms. An attitude that well captures the situation in that historical period and that helps us to understand how far we still have to go to finally break down the preconceptions and stereotypes related to gender that today we really don’t need anymore, surpassed at great speed by the awareness and open-mindedness of the new generations.
