Jamie Foxx To Play Mike Tyson With The Help Of CGI


Did you ever think CGI would help an actor’s process in becoming a person? Well, that’s exactly the route Jamie Foxx is taking when he becomes the heavyweight champion boxer and pop cultural icon Mike Tyson.

Tyson let the cat out of the bag when he told the Daily Mirror that Foxx was gearing up to portray him. As some of you may know, actor Jamie Foxx already has an Oscar for his career defining performance in the biopic Ray as musician Ray Charles.

Of how the two are going to take on the challenge of Jamie playing Tyson at every age, the boxer said:

“Me and Jamie Foxx are in discussion, and we gonna do it. Within a year to 18 months, we’re going to do the Mike Tyson story and he’s going to portray me, and now they have this new animation; because you know Jamie’s pretty much my age (Tyson is 48, Foxx is 46) so he can’t portray me but they have this new system.”

Tyson also said that director Martin Scorsese is planning to be attached to the project. This isn’t the first time we’re hearing about Jamie Foxx having interest in a Mike Tyson biopic.

According to Variety this project is still in the very early stages.

Back in 2009 the actor told indieWire about a role he was dying to play.

“I’ve talked to Mike several times and his story is the most tragic American story. Mike’s story is about what America and the world is about today. Coming up at 18 years old and getting his $60 million and not teaching him what taxes are about, about vultures, about people who will never be real with you as long as you have the money.”

Foxx is on to something as Tyson’s colorful life has already been at the center of a one man show performed on Broadway by Mike Tyson himself. Although a lot of the material was pulled from the headlines over the last twenty years, it’s assumed they will go deeper into Tyson’s personal struggle.

Foxx told The Guardian that he’s serious about becoming Mike:

“I think that story would be fantastic… and I had my makeup artist dress me up as Mike Tyson… People were literally coming up asking for autographs. So hopefully, Mike, if you’re listening, let’s make history.”

Looks like the world champion was listening to the actor loud and clear.

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