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Meeting Nick Nolte, the cinema icon, was a real blessing! I enjoyed every minute I spent interviewing the acting legend. And let me tell you, he gave a fine, fine performance in "Warrior" as Paddy Conlon, the alcoholic father of the two dueling brothers played by Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton.

In this interview, we talked about:

• His attraction to the movie
• Working with Gavin O’Connor, who pursued him and played him their old voicemail exchange that sealed the deal
• His knee surgery
• How O’Connor found his main actors (Nolte said the director complained about not finding American actors for the part
• His character’s penchant for listening to the audio book adaptation of Herman Mellville’s "Moby Dick"

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Here's more on "Warrior" from Lionsgate:

An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for a mixed martial arts tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family. Even though years have passed, recriminations and past betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father. But when Brendan's unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.

Genres: Action/Adventure and Drama Running Time: 2 hr. 19 min. Release Date: September 9th, 2011 (wide) MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense mixed martial arts fighting, some language and thematic material. Distributors: Lionsgate

• Cast and Credits
• Starring: Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison
• Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
• Produced by: Gavin O'Connor, Greg O'Connor