Mike Tyson has returned to Hollywood after his comeback to the boxing ring at the end of 2020.
The youngest ever heavyweight world champion fought to a draw with Roy Jones Jr at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in November, but ‘Iron Mike’ now has a new challenge.
Tyson is set to be the lead role in Desert Strike alongside Hafthor Bjornsson, best known for playing ‘The Mountain’ in Game of Thrones.
In the two-minute trailer, Tyson’s character Rick leads a group of refugees through a desert when helicopters fly overhead.
Rick reassures them: “Don’t be afraid, the bombs are far away, you’ll be safe here.”
Though their safety is short-lived as Fran, played by Bjornsson, turns up with a number of gun-wielding mercenaries.
The film is set for release in the UK and US via video-on-demand sometime in the middle of this year.
Tyson had previously said on his recognition as an actor: “You run into some kid, this is a real humbling experience.
“I went to this high school. Six hundred kids in the room, 700 kids, maybe 1,000. They had this big screen, giant, 10-by-10.
“They were showing the kids some of my fights because they didn’t know who I was. They just thought I was an actor from The Hangover.
“This one little Mexican kid said, ‘I think my grandfather told me about you.’ Never in my life am I going to forget that. You talk about a humbling experience.
“Once we got to the stage, everything seemed to take a transformation. The stage is something that is transcendent.
“No one else matters. You’re in your own little Zen sort of comfort. It’s just amazing.”
