Thursday, March 28, 2024

LeBron James Flexes Comedy Muscles in ‘Trainwreck’ (WATCH)

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‘Trainwreck’ via EW

*Fans of LeBron James will get a chance to see their MVP flex his comedic muscles in Judd Apatow’s latest film “Trainwreck.” LeBron plays an exaggerated version of himself in the film written by and starring Amy Schumer.

“It’s not just a cameo,” director Judd Apatow told EW. “It’s a real role and he kills in every scene.”

Schumer plays a commitment-phobic, sports-averse magazine writer who reluctantly falls in love with a sports doctor (Bill Hader) – who happens to be friends with LeBron.

Schumer, who is not a sports fan, explained to EW why she wrote James’ name into the original script: “He’s the only basketball player I’ve ever heard of. It was him or Larry Bird,” she says. “I’m very lucky he said yes for a lot of reasons.”

“LeBron was the person we dreamed of getting, but you always assume you’re going to end up with your 10th choice,” said Apatow.

Apatow and Hader took the sports star out to dinner and pitched the idea, and James was sold! “He really laughed and had a lot of great ideas,” Apatow added. “We got along like gangbusters.”

On set, the filmmakers were delighted to discover that LeBron more than held his own while working alongside his seasoned co-stars, even when it came to improvisation.

“We didn’t realize till we were on set that he’s this really good actor and really funny,” Schumer told EW. “It could have been bad if he wasn’t so good! He was able to improvise—and he was down to joke about everything. It was fun to watch.”

Apatow expressed to CinemaBlend his shock at the athlete’s gifted comedic abilities. “He approached it the same way that all of the other comedians and other actors did,” Apatow said. He never said, ‘Oh, I can’t do that. That would make me look weird.’ He was like a comic! He came in and he played, and he was loose, and he wasn’t precious… And then he improvised! A lot of the funniest things are things that he was improvising.”

“Trainwreck” hits theaters July 17. Check out the Red Band trailer below.

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