Harvey Keitel, Laura Harrier, Grace Zabriskie, Olunike Adeliyi, and TJ Atoms cast in Hulu’s Mike Tyson Series
THR is reporting that Harvey Keitel, Laura Harrier, Grace Zabriskie, Olunike Adeliyi, and TJ Atoms have all joined the cast of Hulu’s Mike Tyson series, Iron Mike, all of whom will have recurring roles as well. They’ll join Trevante Rhodes, who is set to star in the series and portray the iconic former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Russell Hornsby was previously added to the cast, playing the role of boxing promoter Don King.
The cast and their respective roles in the upcoming series are as follows:
Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction) as Cus D’Amato, the first trainer that Tyson had and someone who would eventually become a mentor and adoptive father to the man
Laura Harrier (Spider-Man: Homecoming, BlacKkKlansman) as Robin Givens, the actress and Tyson’s first wife
Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks) as Camille D’Amato, Cus’ wife and a motherly figure to Tyson
Olunike Adeliyi (The Expanse) as Lorna Mae, Tyson’s mother
TJ Atoms (Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Orange is the New Black) as Barkim, a thief and early friend of Tyson
Iron Mike is set to explore the wild life of legendary boxing figure Mike Tyson, someone who has become one of the most polarizing people in all of sports history. A heavyweight boxing legend, Tyson has been a controversial figure for both his boxing career and personal life.
Iron Mike comes from Disney’s 20th Television and the team behind I, Tonya — screenwriter Steven Rogers, director Craig Gillespie and star/producer Margot Robbie. Karin Gist (Our Kind of People, Mixed-ish) will serve as showrunner. Tyson himself has criticized the series, saying it’s unauthorized and “a prime example of how Hulu’s corporate greed led to this tone-deaf cultural misappropriation of my life story.”
Rogers, Gillespie and Gist executive produce along with Gist’s producing partner Claire Brown of The Gist of It; Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan; LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerley and Margot Robbie; Entertainment 360’s Darin Friedman; and Anthony Hemingway, Anthony Sparks, Samantha Corbin-Miller and Rhodes.