New Delhi (ANTARA News) – Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is to play a boxer in a Bollywood film after a dance sequence he did inan earlier movie proved a hit with viewers, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
Producer Feroz Nadiadwala, who featured Tyson in his recently released film Fool and Final, has signed the American for a “huge price” in his next movie, titled Licensed to Kill, the Mumbai Mirror said.
Three leading Bollywood stars are also to star in the action thriller.
Nadiadwala told the daily that Tyson`s cameo in Fool and Final had received a great response.
“I had decided to make a film with him later, but after the promos featuring him received a great response, I decided to start the film sooner,” he said.
“Tyson has a huge fan base, and I want to tap that,” the daily quoted Nadiadwala as saying.
Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in 1986 after a technical knockout of Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing Council crown.
Tyson has not fought for years but has had several brushes with the law and remains a controversial figure, most notably for biting off a part of then-champ Evander Holyfield`s ear in a 1997 bout and for serving three years in prison for a 1992 rape conviction, AFP reported.(*)
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