Evander Holyfield taught me how to punch, says Helen Mirren
April 6th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANILondon, Apr 6 (ANI): Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren has admitted that she had boxing champ Evander Holyfield to give her a little training on throwing a punch on the set of comedy ‘Arthur’.
Holyfield has a cameo in the remake and Mirren decided to ask the fighter to show her how to throw a punch.
“Evander Holyfield was my personal trainer on the set. He is such a gentleman, but he is the champ and he’s a big guy and quite scary, and he was very quiet on the set in the corner with his gang,” the Daily Star quoted Mirren as saying.
“So I went up to Evander and I said, ‘I’ve got to punch co-star Russell (Brand), would you show me how to do it please?’ He said, ‘Sure’. And he gave me a little training, so that was one of the highlights of the shoot for me - being taught how to punch by Evander Holyfield,” she added. (ANI)
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