Will Smith as Muhammad Ali in the ring in Ali
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Will Smith recalls taking a real punch while filming Ali with director Michael Mann. Released in 2001, Ali sees Smith take on the role of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The film, which was Mann's follow-up after Heat in 1995 and The Insider in 1999, features a number of hard-hitting fight scenes, with one, in particular, chronicling the fight between Ali and boxer Sonny Liston .
“I was leaning back and my trainer was trying to get me to get the angle of my spine forward. And in this second I just was like, you know, ‘Commit!’ And I committed and leaned forward, and almost as an instinctual reaction, Michael Bentt threw a right hand. Was Ali A Hit For Will Smith? The Michael Mann Film Didn't Totally Work After starring in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 1990 to 1996, Bad Boys in 1995, Independence Day in 1996, and the first Men in Black in 1997, Smith was undeniably on a hot streak. He went from being a star in the world of TV to being a major, in-demand movie star.
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