Daily News | Actor Khris Davis honed his craft in Mt. Airy before George Foreman movie
The biopic"Big George Foreman" stars Davis, a Camden native who overcame doubters about whether he could become a rising actor.Courtesy of Sony Pictures EntertainmentCamden native Khris Davis, a graduate of Cheyney University, a man who once scrapped metal for money, was relaxing in a car with George Foreman when the former heavyweight champion whipped his head around and stared in his eyes.
Wearing a bowtie and sleeveless cardigan, Davis delivered a monologue in a British accent as Othello. Burns and a friend had started Quintessence in New York City to create a space for young theater artists who wanted to ensure the survival of classics such as Shakespeare.Soon after, he was directing an ensemble of about 10 hungry actors , including Davis, who for a time lived near 27th and Dickinson streets in Grays Ferry and hustled on the side by packaging computers in a warehouse, working security at nightclubs, and bussing tables at a restaurant.
“He was a very good friend to me and a very good support in my career,” he continued. “And I wonder, often times, where I would’ve been if I had never met Alex Burns.”Down went Joe Frazier 50 years ago in a loss to George Foreman that altered lives. Philly would rise again.Davis was at his grandmother’s 78th birthday party in Camden during a July 4 weekend when he learned he’d be playing Foreman.
Davis had played a boxer on stage before, but had never “gloved-up,” he said. His previous film roles included“Death of a Salesman,” opposite Wendell Pierce, best known for starring inIt was, however, Davis’s experience at Quintessence, which he refers to as “grad school,” that provided the foundation from which he portrayed one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.
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