NBA Star Boban Marjanović Talks ‘Hustle,’ Gets Real About His Career in Film: ‘Acting Is My Second Love’
09.06.2022 - 02:47
/ variety.com
Carson Burton The NBA’s favorite nice guy is now dribbling his way into the hearts of movie fans.Boban Marjanović, a center on the Dallas Mavericks, stars in the second film of his career with the new Adam Sandler film “Hustle,” now on Netflix. The film follows Sandler’s character, a scout for the Philadelphia 76ers, as he discovers and transforms a Spanish player played by Utah Jazz power forward Juancho Hernangomez.
Together, they turn the pick-up game hustler into the next NBA superstar. With numerous cameos from NBA players and personalities including Anthony Edwards and Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, the film is a haven for basketball fans.“It was like, you already know all these people, but now you see them in a movie,” Marjanović told Variety. “It was so cool.
The movie is incredible, but really what I like the most was all these guys playing there.” Marjanović plays a supporting role in the new film as an unnamed Serbian recruit that catches the eye of Sandler’s character. For the Serbia-born Marjanović, playing a role such as this is a dream come true.“I come from a small town, and now I’m walking the red carpet,” he explained.
“I think my mom and my dad can be proud of me, and I’m proud of them because they raised me to be the person I am.”In the 2019 film “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” Marjanović made his first appearance on the big screen. The NBA star, who measures 7-foot-4-inches, played a behemoth of an assassin named Ernest, who is dispatched by Keanu Reeves by a book during the opening of the film.
“Hustle” marks a drastic change from his previous role, now working on a subject intimately connected to his first love of basketball. However, he isn’t done with his acting career.“I want to go for
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