Will Playing Ali

Clip from the Making of Ali

I remember when I first heard that Will Smith was thinking of playing Muhammad Ali's life story. My mother who died before she could see the movie said, "I know Will Smith is not going to play Muhammad Ali. He's going to have to be a really good actor to play him."

One day I sat down and thought about what my mother said. I thought, "Will doesn't look like Muhammad Ali, but he can fix himself to look like him. He has the cheeks and hair-do like Muhammad Ali. It might not take much. He's tall like Muhammad Ali, and he can rhyme like Muhammad Ali. Will also has mouth, acts crazy, and cracks jokes like him too. Will can do it."

When the movie was finished and was at the theater, my mother had passed away. Will played Muhammad Ali as if he was really Muhammad Ali himself. I forgot that it was Will Smith being so lost in the movie of Muhammad Ali's life story. Will was acting and moving just like Muhammad Ali. He could even sound like Muhammad Ali. I knew Will could act, but the Ali movie put the icing on the cake. I thought to myself sitting in the movie theater, "Mama, you did not get to see Will play Ali. He has done a great job."

I heard my mother spiritually answering me back saying, "I see him. I'm not dead, child." My mother carried me for nine months watching movies and raised me. Though she is gone, I feel as though her spirit will never leave me. I can feel her watching my entertainment that she shared with me when she was alive. I see just the Ali movie, but mama can see it all. She knows Ali, Will, and even me. My mother can spiritually see with me that Will can play Ali.

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Sugar Ray Leonard & Laila Ali Workout

Why did I start with the heavyweight advanced workout with Sugar Ray L. and Laila Ali? I Should have gotten the lightweight first. The first time I started watching it, before I could even begin, I was tired. I thought,"I've got to mow the grass tomorrow with the push mower and the rider." I tried a little bit of the advanced workout and Laila and Ray were going too fast. I was all mixed up and doing stuff wrong. When I first put the dvd in, I knew Ray was going to be fast. He was showing how to throw 3 punches. In the end he put all of them together and started throwing them too fast. I thought I had it down pat when he was going slow. I had to laugh and say, "Sugar Ray, you ain't right."

When another day came, I was out in the yard getting yard exercise clipping tree limbs, clipping down weeds, and all of the stuff that needed trimming with a weed eater. I had no weed eater, so I used a pair of clippers. My hands and arms were sore. After that day, I tried the advanced workout again. The jump and jacks with Laila and Ray really made me tired. I was feeling it in my legs. All that jumping around was no joke.

Some people say that skinny people don't need exercise. It's a lie lady's and gentlemen. It's a lie. I'm skinny and I know I need to exercise. I can feel it in my bones when I don't. Being out of breath feels like asthma.