Jamie Foxx recalls how he met Mike Tyson

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Hollywood star Jamie Foxx has reassured fans that highly-anticipated Mike Tyson biopic is in development.

The "Django Unchained" star plays the role of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in the biopic about the boxer's career.

"It’s a definitive yes. Doing biographies is a tough thing. Sometimes it takes 20 years to get them done, but we officially got the real ball rolling,” he said while speaking on Instagram Live with Hollywood producer Mark Birnbaum.

The actor, who won the best Academy Award for playing Ray Charles, said he can't wait to show the different sides of Tyson.

"We want to show everybody evolves,” said he and added. “I think when we lay the layer of Mike Tyson in this story, I think everybody from young and old will be able to understand this man’s journey.”

Recalling how he met Mike, the actor said,  “I met Mike Tyson in the weirdest way, I was on stage doing stand-up years ago. I get to my Mike Tyson joke and nobody claps, nobody laughs. You know why? Because Mike Tyson was watching.”