VietNamNet Bridge - Former well-known American boxer will be in Vietnam in the next few days to star in the movie "Girl 2".

Mike Tyson

The movie is produced by American-Vietnamese actor and businessman Tran Bao Son and directed by Hong Kong director Barbara Chun Chun Wong.

The American boxer and the film crew will attend a press conference in HCM City before the first shots.

Girl 2 will star other famous Chinese actresses like Janine Chun-Ning Chang, Ivy Chen, Fiona Sit and others.

This project will also have the participation of Li Wenhan, a member of Uniq, a five-member Chinese-South Korean boy group widely known in Asia.

Girls 2 - girls and gangsters is an action, drama and comedy film about a story of love and hatred. The move will be filmed in Vietnam.

Producer Tran Bao Son is also the leading actor.

The movie will be released this Christmas in Hong Kong and some Asian markets before Vietnam.

Mike Tyson, 50, held the undisputed world heavyweight championship and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years.

Ivy Chen

Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. He won the WBC title in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick by a TKO in the second round.

In 1987, Tyson added the WBA and IBF titles after defeating James Smith and Tony Tucker. This made him the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, and the only heavyweight to successively unify them.

Janine Chun-Ning Chang, 34, is a German-born Taiwanese actress. She is known for Qing fei de yi zhi sheng cun zhi dao (2007), Gui si (2006) and Saat yan faan (2009).

Ivy Chen Yi-Han, 34, is a Taiwanese actress and commercial model. In 2002, she appeared in the Taiwanese variety show Guess and was a contestant in the "Do not judge a book by its cover" segment.

She was later recruited by a talent agent from Prajna Works and made appearances in many commercials and music videos.

Barbara Wong Chun-Chun is a Hong Kong actress, film director and scriptwriter. She graduated from Tisch School of the Arts of NYU. So far she has been directed 17 movies, including Girls (2014) and The Secret (2016).

Thanh Van