“I hit the floor every time I hit it!” : Mike Tyson really nailed this actor from Medellin, the new Prime Video comedy

Franck Gastambide returns behind the camera in Medellin, an original production by Prime Video, synopsis of which is here:

Pablito is a young YouTuber fascinated by Pablo Escobar. He decides to make his dream come true by going to Medellin on the trail of a drug lord. A few days later, through a video published on his social networks, the world discovers that Pablito is in the hands of dangerous drugs, who demand a huge ransom for his release. “Plata o plomo!”. But what the Narcos don’t know is that Pablito has a big brother, and that big brother has a plan as simple as it is completely insane: assemble a team, raid Colombia, confront the cartel men, and bring him back to health. little brother. and besides.

The director was able to count on the striking power of the platform to have two amazing actors in his cast: Raymond Cruz (Tuco from Breaking Bad) and… Mike Tyson. While the former is in a drug camp, the latter helps them infiltrate the cartel to find Pablito.

“This is quite an organization to work with Americans. We write a letter in which I explain my journey from pit bull trainer to cinema. I say that I made a series about rap in France. A lot of things I hope touched him, and he did. It was interesting to him, it was not just a small scene. It has a real role. He spent a few days with us. He had to convince us that he was not going to waste his time with us.Gastambid explained to our microphone.

A memorable slap

And what we can say is that being an American boxer has been beneficial. As the filming progressed and the athlete became more and more comfortable with the teams, Gastambide did a little improvisation. The actor revealed that he changed a scene involving his character Ramsay and Mike Tyson a day before filming. Changes that included… real slugs. And one thing’s for sure, the former H star still remembers it:

“At this time we are preparing to receive real slugs. But I didn’t expect it, because he is right-handed and I am right-handed, so I was the first to hit him. We did 7 shots and every shot I hit the floor. I sit on the ground and see if he asks me well. And I see how he laughs with his friends (laughs). After that, I can take shots from anyone in any movieI”.

Medellin is available on Prime Video.