Jamie Foxx was dropped from the Mike Tyson biopic due to age concerns.
The Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx lost his chance to play Mike Tyson in the biopic of his life. Martin Scorsese and Jamie Foxx's planned collaboration has been scrapped, according to Tyson.
In preparation for the role of the former undisputed heavyweight champion in 2020, Foxx has been bulking up and training in boxing for the past eight years. Tyson and Jamie Foxx discussed a deal to finally get his life story on film last year. However, Tyson claims that the project is on hold because Foxx was dropped.
The business associate in Las Vegas said, “Mike has been telling people Jamie is no longer going to be playing him.” “They are scouring casting agencies for an athlete who can act.” “It is such a shame, as Jamie has been telling people for years about playing Mike.” "Not only does he have his voice and body gestures down perfectly, but his body was in tremendous shape.”
“Tyson” (now “Mike”) is a limited series that Iron Mike, Scorsese, and Foxx announced last year. "I have been looking to tell my story for quite some time," Tyson said in a statement. “With the recent launch of the Legends Only League and the excitement from fans following my return to the ring, now feels like the perfect moment.”
When was Mike Tyson’s biopic series released?
The American miniseries “Mike” was developed by Steven Rogers. Trevante Rhodes and Russell Hornsby co-star in the series, which is an unofficial look into the life of boxer Mike Tyson. Rogers reteams with a number of "I, Tonya" (2017) collaborators, including the movie's executive producers Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, and Bryan Unkeless, as well as director Craig Gillespie.
On August 25, 2022, Hulu announced its debut. Tyson harshly criticized the series for being produced without his involvement or payment, and it received mixed reviews from critics.
Based on 32 critic reviews with an average score of 6.30/10, the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 44% approval rating for the movie. According to the website's critics' consensus:
"This unauthorized biopic of The Baddest Man on the Planet is undeniably ambitious as it weighs the legendary boxer's many contradictions, but it ultimately punches itself out with uneven execution.”
Based on 22 reviews from critics, the weighted average review site Metacritic gave the movie a score of 54 out of 100, classifying the reviews as "mixed or average."
Who is Jamie Foxx?
Eric Marlon Bishop, known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He became widely known for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film “Ray,” for which he won the Academy Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor the same year for his work in the crime drama Collateral. Foxx has been the host and executive producer of Fox's game show Beat “Shazam” since 2017.
Other acting credits include Staff Sergeant Sykes in “Jarhead” (2005), record executive Curtis Taylor Jr. in “Dreamgirls” (2006), the title role in “Django Unchained” (2012), the supervillain Electro in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” (2014) and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021), gangster Bats / Leon Jefferson III in “Baby Driver” (2017), and Walter McMillian in “Just Mercy.”
Foxx joined the cast of the sketch comedy program “In Living Color” in 1991 and remained a prominent member of the cast through the program's 1994 finale. As a result of his success, he was given his own television sitcom, “The Jamie Foxx Show,” in which he co-created, produced, and starred. It ran from 1996 to 2001 on the WB Television Network for five highly regarded seasons.
In addition to acting, Foxx is a Grammy Award–winning musician who has produced four albums that have peaked in the top ten of the U.S. Billboard 200: “Unpredictable” (2005), which was the chart's top album; “Intuition” (2008); “Best Night of My Life” (2010), and “Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses” (2015).
What is the net worth of Mike Tyson?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Mike Tyson's net worth is estimated to be $10 million as of April 2023. Iron Mike was once worth a lot of money, but that was back when he was competing in boxing.
Both Mike Tyson's personal and financial fortunes have a tendency to fluctuate. Mike Tyson once had a net worth of $300 million at the height of his career. According to Forbes, he may have once been worth as much as $685 million. Tyson lost this money as a result of a string of careless financial choices, which culminated in his declaring bankruptcy in 2003 while owing $23 million in debt.
Former Miss Black Rhode Island and model Desiree Washington claimed that Mike Tyson had raped her in 1991, when she was just 18 years old. Tyson was found guilty of raping Washington and given a six-year prison term, which he completed in less than three years.
Washington claims that Tyson's camp made her a $1 million offer to drop the charges, which she declined. In order to make amends for his crimes against Washington, Tyson ultimately had to pay her more than $200,000.
