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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali.

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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali. At a cut 225 pounds, [[RealityIsUnrealistic he ironically had to get bigger than the real Ali to portray him.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Or HilariousInHindsight for some, this wouldn’t be the last time Will Smith slapped someone for showing disrespect towards him.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Or HilariousInHindsight for some, this when Ali slapped Ernie Terrell for calling him “Clay”. This wouldn’t be the last time Will Smith slapped someone for showing disrespect towards him.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Or HillariousInHindsight for some, this wouldn’t be the last time Will Smith slapped someone for showing disrespect towards him.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Or HillariousInHindsight HilariousInHindsight for some, this wouldn’t be the last time Will Smith slapped someone for showing disrespect towards him.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Or HillariousinHindsight for some, this wouldn’t be the last time Will Smith slapped someone for showing disrespect towards him.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Or HillariousinHindsight HillariousInHindsight for some, this wouldn’t be the last time Will Smith slapped someone for showing disrespect towards him.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Or HillariousinHindsight for some, this wouldn’t be the last time Will Smith slapped someone for showing disrespect towards him.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Got solid reviews but did not do well in theaters. Notable for being one of the very few bombs Will Smith has had in his career.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Got solid reviews (and an Oscar nom for Will Smith) but did not do well in theaters. Notable for being one of the very few bombs Will Smith has had in his career.

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Creator Chosen Casting is when the casting of an adaptation is influenced by the creator of the work being adapted. "Person chooses who plays himself in biopic" arguably fits the description, but the director of the adaptation choosing a cast member is just movies being made.


* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/WillSmith actually turned the film down initially. He relented after UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli called Smith and asked him to take the role, because he was the only one as good looking as him that could play the role.
** Smith and Creator/MichaelMann unanimously chose Creator/JonVoight to play Creator/HowardCosell.

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* CreatorChosenCasting:
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CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/WillSmith actually turned the film down initially. He relented after UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli called Smith and asked him to take the role, because he was the only one as good looking as him that could play the role.
** Smith and Creator/MichaelMann unanimously chose Creator/JonVoight to play Creator/HowardCosell.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Got solid reviews, but bombed in theaters. Notable for being one of the very few bombs Will Smith has had in his career.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $107 million. Gross, $87,713,825.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Got solid reviews, reviews but bombed did not do well in theaters. Notable for being one of the very few bombs Will Smith has had in his career. \n* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $107 million. Gross, $87,713,825.
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* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/WillSmith actually turned the film down initially. He relented after UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli called Smith and asked him to take the role, because he was the only one as good looking as him that could play the role.
** Smith and Creator/MichaelMann unanimously chose Creator/JonVoight to play Creator/HowardCosell.
* CreatorCouple: Creator/JadaPinkettSmith plays Sonji Roi.
* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/WillSmith and Creator/MichaelMann both offered to put up their salaries in case the film went over-budget.



* MissingTrailerScene: The trailer contains a scene where Ali tells a young boy he'll hit his hand six times before the boy can count three. The boy quickly counts one-two-three, and Ali (without having moved a muscle) then says "Did I hurt ya?" to the boisterous laughter of onlookers. This scene is not present in the film.

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* MissingTrailerScene: The trailer contains a scene where Ali tells a young boy he'll hit his hand six times before the boy can count three. The boy quickly counts one-two-three, and Ali (without having moved a muscle) then says "Did I hurt ya?" to the boisterous laughter of onlookers. This scene is not present in the film.film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/SpikeLee was considered to direct, and even took a meeting with Creator/WillSmith. He knew he wouldn't get the job when Smith told him he was going to need Lee to "broaden his horizons" with this movie. Creator/BarrySonnenfeld was briefly attached.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Got solid reviews, but bombed in theaters. Notable for being one of only ''two'' bombs Will Smith has had in his career.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Got solid reviews, but bombed in theaters. Notable for being one of only ''two'' the very few bombs Will Smith has had in his career.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Got solid reviews, but bombed in theaters. Notable for being one of only ''two'' bombs Will Smith has had in his career.
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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali.

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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali.Ali.
* MissingTrailerScene: The trailer contains a scene where Ali tells a young boy he'll hit his hand six times before the boy can count three. The boy quickly counts one-two-three, and Ali (without having moved a muscle) then says "Did I hurt ya?" to the boisterous laughter of onlookers. This scene is not present in the film.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $107 million. Gross, $87,713,825.


* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Joe Frazier is played by multiple world boxing champion James Toney. Michael Bentt, a former heavyweight journeyman, plays Sonny Liston.
** [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Miles Dyson]] is Chauncey Eskridge.
* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese dub Ali [[Creator/RikiyaKoyama is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Yamato]]

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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali.
* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Joe Frazier is played by multiple world boxing champion James Toney. Michael Bentt, a former heavyweight journeyman, plays Sonny Liston.
** [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Miles Dyson]] is Chauncey Eskridge.
* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese dub Ali [[Creator/RikiyaKoyama is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Yamato]]
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** Joe Frazier is played by James Toney, a multiple world boxing champion. Michael Bentt plays Sonny Liston.

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** Joe Frazier is played by James Toney, a multiple world boxing champion. champion James Toney. Michael Bentt Bentt, a former heavyweight journeyman, plays Sonny Liston.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Joe Frazier is played by James Toney, a multiple world boxing champion.
* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese dub

** Ali [[Creator/RikiyaKoyama is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Yamato]]

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* HeyItsThatGuy: HeyItsThatGuy:
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Joe Frazier is played by James Toney, a multiple world boxing champion.champion. Michael Bentt plays Sonny Liston.
** [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Miles Dyson]] is Chauncey Eskridge.
* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese dub

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dub Ali [[Creator/RikiyaKoyama is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Yamato]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Joe Frazier is played by James Toney, a multiple world boxing champion.
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** Ali [[Creator/Rikiya Koyama is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Yamato]]

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** Ali [[Creator/Rikiya Koyama [[Creator/RikiyaKoyama is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Yamato]]
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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali.

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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali.Ali.
* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese dub

**Ali [[Creator/Rikiya Koyama is]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Yamato]]
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* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/WillSmith gained 35 pounds to portray the titular Ali.

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