The Fighter star Adams can't take boxing excitement

Amy Adams had to toughen up to play boxer Mark Wahlberg's girlfriend in acclaimed new film The Fighter - in real life she can't even watch a match on TV.

The Doubt star admits she's nothing like her brawling character Charlene in the film, and has never ever been to a real boxing match.

She tells the Globe, "I just get too swept up in it. I have trouble even watching it on TV. I have to leave the room, even during football games... It's too intense. I can't take it."

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