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Die Dokumentation beleuchtet den Aufstieg von Laurence Tureaud vom Türsteher in Chicago zur weltweiten Popkultur-Ikone der 1980er-Jahre: Mr. T. Neben seltenem Archivmaterial und persönlichen Einblicken von Mr. T selbst kommen Weggefährten wie Sylvester Stallone, Hulk Hogan und Ice-T zu Wort, um seine Rolle in Rocky III, Das A-Team und der WWF zu beleuchten.

Bei dem Projekt führten Chapman Way und Maclain Way (Wild Wild Country) Regie, die das Phänomen Mr. T sowohl als Kunstfigur als auch als Mensch hinter den Goldketten ergründen. In Deutschland startet die Doku am 8. September 2026 bei Netflix.
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00:00I pity food!
00:03I'm not just some phony, fake celebrity or fictitious hero.
00:08I'm real life.
00:12I was not born Mr. T.
00:15People don't know the road I had to travel.
00:18I was born in the Robert Taylor Project.
00:21You gotta be tough in the hood.
00:23Growing up I watched my father being called Boy.
00:26I ordained myself Mr. T.
00:28So the first word out of everybody's mouth would be Mr.
00:32That's a sign of respect my father didn't get.
00:35Casting director called me.
00:36Guess what, you got the part for Rocky III.
00:40Man, what an honor.
00:42I'll never forget the moment I saw Mr. T.
00:45The earrings, the chains, the mohawk.
00:48I was like, who, how?
00:51Yeah.
00:52He is a cultural icon.
00:55I love it when a plan comes together.
00:57It is a kid who they said wouldn't be nothing.
01:01I said, mother, I'm meeting the president.
01:05This guy is a real life superhero.
01:09Everywhere he went, say I pity the fool.
01:12You have to remain in character or they gonna turn you into a caricature.
01:16I pity the fool.
01:17Be strong.
01:19Be strong.
01:19Have I not commanded thee to be strong?
01:23Have I not, have I not?
01:32Doh.
01:32You.
01:32You.
01:32You are the one.
01:37You.
01:38You.
01:39You.
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