The cast of Fight Night on trolling each other on set

Shaye Ogbonna’s highly acclaimed miniseries, Fight Night: The Million Dollar Robberyis being praised by critics and audiences as “compelling, raw and well-made.” It's no wonder it's currently sitting at 95% on the Tomatometer and 94% on the Popcornmeter. The show is based on the 2020 true-crime podcast about an armed robbery that took place on the night of Muhammad Ali's historic 1970 fight – and how it ultimately changed Atlanta. The first three episodes are available to stream on Peacock, and the show is set to conclude with an eighth episode on October 8.

RT's Mark Ellis sat down with Ogbonna and the cast to talk about what it was like working together, seeing themselves in the role for the first time, and what it was like for Dexter Darden to take on the role of Muhammad Ali.

Mark Ellis for Rotten Tomatoes: What was the biggest challenge in portraying an iconic figure like Muhammad Ali?

Dexter Darden: Definitely the way of speaking, the dialect. The physical aspect played a role, but above all it's about everyone having their own idea of this man. And I wonder how I can make everyone's idea feel like it's personal to them?

What was it like having Samuel L. Jackson on set?

Terrence Howard: I've known Sam since I was eight years old. He was the bouncer at the Manhattan Plaza. My grandmother lived at the Plaza and I spent summers there. He saw me grow up and see me get into trouble, but this was the first time we really worked together and he just kept telling the same old stories that we'd heard as kids. And you love the sentimentality of this simple person: loud voice, but he's coming from a very sincere place in his heart. For Sam, he was really the anchor of this whole thing – on and off camera.

Watch the video of the full interview with Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Dexter Darden, Don Cheadle, Sinqua Walls, Chloe Bailey, Terrence Howard, Will Packer and Shaye Ogbonna.