Trevante Rhodes is able to duke it out as boxer Mike Tyson within the first footage of a brand new and unauthorized collection in regards to the heavyweight champion’s life.
Hulu on Wednesday gave followers a primary have a look at the “Moonlight” actor in combating type with the discharge of a teaser for “Mike,” due out Aug. 25. The eight-episode collection is billed as a “no-holds-barred look” at Tyson, each out and in of the ring, and guarantees to be “one wild journey.”
In accordance with press notes, “Mike” additionally “examines class in America, race in America, fame and the facility of media, misogyny, the wealth divide, the promise of the American Dream and finally our personal position in shaping [Tyson’s] story.”
Catch the teaser for “Mike” beneath.
By all accounts, Tyson is a divisive determine in popular culture at massive. In 1992, the New York native was convicted of rape and sentenced to 6 years in jail, serving three. His boxing license was briefly revoked in 1997 after he bit off an element of opponent Evander Holyfield’s ear throughout a match.
From the seems of the clip, “Mike” received’t shrink back from any of these controversies. And collection screenwriter Steven Rogers is thought for capturing the nuances of sophisticated athletes. His screenplay for 2017’s “I, Tonya,” about disgraced Olympic determine skater Tonya Harding, acquired quite a few accolades and a BAFTA Award nomination.
Talking to Leisure Weekly, Rogers mentioned he wished to current Tyson as a “compelling, contradictory, and complicated” determine, not a heroic one.
“I feel the factor individuals responded to in ‘I, Tonya’ was, we took a narrative everybody thought they knew and we tried to point out there’s far more to it than simply the sound bites the media offers us,” he mentioned. “In some methods, [Tyson’s life is] a cautionary story of the American Dream.”
“Yow will discover the roots of quite a lot of points we’re grappling with at this time like #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, jail reform, psychological well being points in it,” he added. “It appeared like a superb time to inform it.”
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