Does Mike Tyson actually have a tiger?
Mike had seven tigers when he was at his peak. He did. He doesn’t have them now. The city of Las Vegas in fact took them away from him because somebody broke into his house — this is a true story — and one of the tigers ripped the guy’s arm off. But why else would you have a tiger? I know! It’s not Mike’s fault. The guy climbed over into the tiger cage. Mike told me that story when we were shooting, and it was kind of funny because we came up with that idea of breaking into his house and stealing his tiger. Mike’s like [adopts Tyson’s nasal lisp], “This really happened, in a way. That’s why my tigers got taken away.” Oh, I shouldn’t do an impression, either. When I direct actors, I always do it in their voice, and Zach literally had to pull me aside and say, “You have to stop doing Mike Tyson to Mike Tyson. You’re gonna get killed.” I would give him line readings as Mike Tyson — with the lisp. It was so offensive. Where did the chicken in the film come from? Was that ever explained? It
