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    Mike Tyson Talks About Jamie Foxx For New Biopic – Celebrity News

    Mike Tyson gives to kudos to Jamie Foxx on portraying him in his new biopic. Tyson says he thinks Jamie will do a “great job”.

    “I’m very grateful. I’m very excited about it,” Tyson recently said in an interview with Charlie Mack, according to the Sun. Foxx continued, “I’m gonna sit down and tell him the truth and he’s gonna have to learn to process that.”

    Tyson continued, “It’s not going to be pretty.”

    Recently, Jamie Foxx spoke about how he is preparing for the biopic , revealing he’s doing 60 pull-ups, 60 dips and 100 push-ups every other day.

    “I ain’t got no legs. I ain’t got no calf muscles, so we’re gonna have to get some prosthetics for that,” Foxx quipped on “Catching Up with Mark Birnbaum.”

     

    According to Foxx, This is not the first encounter for Jamie foxx and Mike Tyson.

    “I was on stage doing stand-up years ago.” Continuing, “I get to my Mike Tyson joke, I was a young dude, like 22. I get to my Mike Tyson joke and nobody claps, nobody laughs,” Foxx said, noting Tyson was in the building.

    Foxx said he did the joke and received a standing ovation from Tyson.

    “I started hanging out with Mike Tyson, so I got a chance to see Mike in two different ways, two different lives. I saw him at the height of his career, and then, when things got bad, when things got bumpy, I also saw him as well,” Foxx said.

    The Oscar-winning actor is ready to convey both the highs and lows of Tyson’s storied career.

    “What I’m excited about the movie is to show those moments of the different Mike,” Foxx said.

    He continued, “I think everybody, from young and old, will be able to understand this man’s journey,” he added.

     

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