Mick Foley thought that the Mankind character was for Max Payne.
Many fans will argue that Mankind is one of the best characters to ever step foot inside of the squared circle. The character, portrayed by Mick Foley, was also involved in some of the most historic matches in to ever take place in the history of the business.
Foley recently sat down with WWE's YouTube channel to react and relive some of the best moments throughout Mankind's career. In the chat, Foley recalled his first meeting with Vince McMahon about the character and noted that he thought it was being designed for Max Payne.
“I still remember my first meeting with Mr. McMahon, when he showered me a piece of artwork that was on the table. I thought that it was artwork designed for a new character for Max Payne. It looked like The Man In The Iron Mask, the Alex Dumas story later portrayed in the motion picture by Leonardo DiCaprio. It was probably an hour into our talk before he showed me that illustration and said it was for me. My first thought was, won’t this cover up my facial expressions? Mr. McMahon said, ‘It’s going to augment them.’"
Foley then noted that after that conversation, he decided to put everything that he had into the Mankind character.
"At the end of those conversations, I thought, I’m going to give this a try. Not only a try, I’m going to put everything I have into this character and I’m going to try and make it as different as I can from Cactus Jack. There will be a little carry over in the move set, but I’m going to have him speak differently, act differently, walk differently, feel differently.”
Mick Foley recently appeared at an ICW NHB show in December. Fans can learn more here.
Fans can check out Foley's full chat with WWE's YouTube channel in the video linked at the top of this article.
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