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Jamie Foxx Will Play The Role He’s Been Preparing For His Entire Career · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Jamie Fox has been
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Speaker 1: impersonating legendary heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson for laughs since
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Speaker 1: the early days of his career, but he'll now be
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Speaker 1: playing the notorious fighter in a dramatic role that will
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Speaker 1: retell his life story. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Training Day
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Speaker 1: director Antoine Fuqua has just hopped on to direct the project.
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Speaker 1: It's been in the works for some time and was
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Speaker 1: originally planned as a film, but it's now being shocked
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Speaker 1: to streamers as a limited series iconic filmmaker Martin Scorsese,
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Speaker 1: who won an Oscar for his last boxing movie, Raging Bull.
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Speaker 1: It's also involved serving as executive producer. So Mike Tyson
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Speaker 1: and Jamie Fox actually have a friendship going back several
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Speaker 1: years that began in an awkward way. Jamie was on
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Speaker 1: stage at a small club doing a comedy bit and
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Speaker 1: started impersonating Mike and wondering why nobody was laughing. Turns
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Speaker 1: out Mike was in the crowd. That's Direct from Hollywood