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'Ali' (2001)

Columbia

"You know, Will Smith, he blew my mind with the kind of shape he got into. I mean, he really, really, worked hard to be the fighter. And the thing about it: It’s not easy being Muhammad Ali. There’s only one Muhammad. It’s hard to duplicate Ali’s idiosyncrasies and Ali’s mannerisms. But Will did physically look like a fighter."