Nach seinen eigenen Aussagen zur Rolle "Ali" im Interview mit MTV ( zu Bad Boys hab'ch nix gelesen):
"During a New York City press junket earlier this month to promote his upcoming film, "The Legend Of Bagger Vance," Smith talked excitedly about how he's been getting in shape, and in character, for "Ali."
"I'm not doing anything with music," Smith said. "I'm not doing anything but training.
I train three hours in the morning, and I train three hours in the evening. Then, in between, I'm doing dialect work, and I'm working with Michael Mann. I'm becoming Muhammad Ali. That's all I do."
Aside from training, Smith has also bulked up in order to more closely duplicate Ali's heavyweight physique.
"At this point, I'm about 217 pounds," he said, "and that's a good 20 pounds heavier than I've ever been. In 'Independence Day,' I was only 195, so I'm bigger than I've ever been. I'm stronger than I've ever been, and I'm ready to take a real fight."
As part of the training, the actor/rapper has even gone toe-to-toe in the ring with Sugar Ray Leonard, but admitted that despite his competitiveness, he wasn't able to land a glove on the former middleweight champion."
Quelle:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434243/20001019/smith_will.jhtml?paid=1161
Gruss Multo
PS: Nur eins: Er ist Afro-Amerikaner!
Das sagt alles!!!
