Çağatay Ulusoy prepared for the role for 6 years

Çağatay Ulusoy

Great news for Çağatay Ulusoy fans! The filming of a new movie starring the actor, which he has been preparing for six years, will begin next summer. What do we know about the project right now?

According to journalist Funda Karayel of the Sabah newspaper, who interviewed the founder and CEO of the Mars Entertainment Group media holding, Muzaffer Yıldırım, Çağatay Ulusoy will play the legendary wrestler Koca Yusuf in the new film of the company. Filming will begin in the summer, after the completion of work on the series “Ruthless / Gaddar”.

It is worth noting that the preparation for this movie was first announced back in June 2017 and many believed that the budget of the film was too high for Turkish producers. However, Çağatay continued to prepare for filming, studied wrestling in the United States and tried on the image, gaining weight. Recall that Koca Yusuf weighed 138 kg, so the actor will have to seriously gain weight to match his character.

Yusuf Ismail is a real historical figure who became known in Europe and the United States in 1890 as Yusuf the Terrible – one of the most legendary athletes who made wrestling popular around the world, especially in the United States. The athlete’s life ended tragically – he was one of the passengers of the La Bourgogne liner, which sank while crossing from America to Europe.