Mike Tyson's Biggest Regret? Not Getting Stoned with Tupac

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Mike Tyson and Tupac Shakur were close friends up until the rapper died at the age of 25, but there is one thing the two men never got to share -- a joint.

"He always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did," Tyson told the Associated Press in a phone interview, while promoting the new ESPN documentary, One Night in Vegas: Tyson & Tupac. "That's my biggest regret."

Tyson said that he always declined when his pal offered him marijuana, due to the negative media attention he was afraid he would get if the news got out.

Shakir was shot on in Las Vegas, while in Sin City for Tyson's fight on Sept. 7, 1996. He died six days later. Tyson had chosen Shakur's music as his fight music on the night of the shooting. After Tyson won by knockout, Shakur was supposed to join his friend at a victory party. Unfortunately, he never made it.

"I felt extremely guilty because I felt if he didn't come to this fight, that would have never have happened," he said. "It's just so crazy that we had talked every day for a week."

Tyson, 44, said the world never understood the real Shakur.

"He was probably a misguided warrior. He had a heart as big as this planet," Tyson said. "He had so much love and compassion, and you couldn't even see it under his rage."

"He's going to last until the time this Earth comes to an end," he said. "I'm glad to be a part of his life and to have known him. He didn't last long, but the time he did last, every minute, every tenth of a moment was explosive."

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Mike Tyson Wants to Do Bollywood Movies

Mike Tyson wants to try something new _ acting in Bollywood movies.

Tyson said the energy on the sets of a music video he recently shot for a new comedy got him thinking about trying to do more Bollywood work, The Times of India reported Monday.

The former heavyweight boxing champion said in an interview that Firoz Nadiadwala, producer of "Fool n Final," had approached him with a script.

"Firoz has discussed a movie with me," the newspaper quoted Tyson as saying.

"We seriously intend to work toward it," he said, without disclosing any details.

Tyson, 40, danced to Bollywood music at a two-day shoot in Las Vegas last month for a music video to promote "Fool n Final," about a diamond heist.

"The atmosphere was very congenial, happy and energetic," the newspaper quoted Tyson as saying.

Tyson plays himself in the music video, set for release later this month.

He said Nadiadwala explained the concept of the music video to him earlier this year.

"I was, anyway, in that phase when I didn't mind trying out something different," he said. "The script seemed very interesting, with lots of excitement thrown in."

Tyson said there are similarities between acting and boxing.

"In both the fields, in order to survive and triumph, you need focus and to be highly disciplined and determined," he said.

A judge in Phoenix gave Tyson permission to travel to Las Vegas to shoot the music video. Tyson is facing charges of drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs for an arrest in Scottsdale last year.

Tyson had been expected to travel to India this summer to film the dance sequence, but the scene was shot in Las Vegas due to security reasons, director Ahmed Khan has said.