HELEN MIRREN has revealed that she took boxing lessons from former world heavyweight boxing champ Evander Holyfield for her latest film.
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The veteran actress sought out the Real Deal while filming the re-make of comedy classic Arthur, in which Mirren stars opposite Russell Brand.
“Evander Holyfield was my personal trainer on the set,” Mirren told WENN.
“He is such a gentleman, but he is the champ and he’s a big guy and quite scary.
“So I went up to Evander and I said, ‘I’ve got to punch Russell. Would you show me how to do it please?'”
“He said, ‘Sure’.”
In the new version of Arthur, Brand takes the bored rich guy character played by Dudley Moore and Mirren is his nanny, replacing the butler played in the original by Sir John Gielgud.
Arthur is released in London on 22 April.
