Naomi Watts as red-haired Linda Wepner in "The Bleeder"

Let no one say Naomi Watts isn't a versatile actress.The blonde beauty showed she looks even better as a redhead, by unveiling on social media her new look as she got to work on the set of her new movie The Bleeder.

And it certainly suited her, with her fiery curls complementing perfectly her porcelain skin and blue eyes. The mother-of-two jokingly wrote: 'You lookin' at me? ' first day on set of "The Bleeder" which was inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner - who will be played by her husband Liev Schreiber. Naomi takes the role of his wife Linda, in the Philippe Falardeau directed film.


*with real-life Chuck & Linda Wepner
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The movie will tell the true story of underdog Wepner as he takes on superstar fighter Muhammad Ali in the ring. The New Jersey liquor salesman was paid to train for the bout, and astonished fans when he became only the third to ever knock Ali to the canvas. Although Ali won the match, it was that blow which made headlines - thrusting Wepner into the limelight and leading to hard partying and his eventual arrest for cocaine possession.

Schreiber is producing the film alongside Mike Tollin, Carl Hampe, Christa Campbell, and Lati Grobman, with Jeff Rice executive producing.

(Source: Daily Mail Online)