Oscar slapper Will Smith "fell to his knees" during boxing workouts for Ali film
dailystar.co.ukMohammed Ali. For his portrayal of the late fighter, Smith certainly learned how to throw a punch and inflict severe pain on an individual.Boxing trainer Darrell Foster told NME the extent Smith went through to gear up for the role.
The trainer said that the star was at once point so exhausted that he could not stand: ‘I took Will up to 10,000 feet in Aspen, Colorado so he could understand what it felt like to experience oxygen deprivation in order to correlate it to how Ali felt in the 14th round with [former world heavyweight champion] Joe Frazier and how it feels to actually not be able to breathe and you’ve still gotta keep fighting.“I made Will run and throw punches.
He fell to his knees and I made him write Ali’s name in the snow. And he said: ‘Now I get it.’”The film was well-received but bombed at the box office.
He gave Smith his first Academy Award nomination, however, but it took until 2022 for the former rapper to finally win. At the 94th Academy Awards, Smith, 53, finally won the Best Actor award for his performance as father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard.
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