Mike Tyson used his Instagram profile to criticize “Mike: Beyond Tyson”, a biographical miniseries about his life. The former heavyweight champion said he was not consulted or financially compensated for the project and accused streaming platform Hulu of “stealing his life story.”
In a post on Saturday (6/8), Tyson compared the production to the attitude of slavers in the past. “Don’t be fooled by Hulu. I don’t approve of their story about my life. It’s not 1822, it’s 2022. They stole my life story and they didn’t pay me. To Hulu executives, I’m just a nigga. deliberately a racist expression) that they can sell at the slave auction “.
The post received support from personalities such as actor Jamie Foxx, rapper B-Real, Cypress Hill leader and MMA fighter Francis Ngannou.
When the series was announced in February 2021, the former boxer had already called the project “cultural embezzlement”.
One of the reasons why Tyson is angry is that he wanted to make a blank miniseries about his life, starring Jamie Foxx. For this reason, he tried to prevent rival production. When he failed, he started attacking the show with a lot of curses on social networks.
“Mike: Beyond Tyson” was written by Steven Rogers, directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Margot Robbie – who are, respectively, the screenwriter, director and principal producer of “I, Tonya,” an award-winning film about another star. of American sports, Tonya Harding. In addition to them, Karin Gist (producer and writer of “Star” and “Mixed-ish”) joins the team as showrunner.
The cast highlights Trevante Rhodes (“Moonlight”) as the adult version of the sportsman and also includes veteran Harvey Keitel (“Reservoir Dogs”) as boxing coach Cus D’Amato, Laura Harrier (“Spider-Man: De Homecoming “) as actress Robin Givens, who was the boxer’s first wife, and Li Eubanks (” All Rise “) as Desiree Washington, the model who accused Tyson of rape.
Production arrives in Brazil via the Star + platform on August 25, the same day as the US launch.
Source: Terra
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