when he was a famous tv actor John Stamos I asked the producer David E. Kelly i wanted to hire him big gamehis new sports show on Disney+.
big game is a series about a hot-tempered ex-college coach who is kicked out of an NCAA championship basketball team and tries to put his career back together by coaching a private girls’ school basketball team in Westbrook.The highly anticipated Season 2 premieres on Disney+ Wednesday12 October.
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best known for him family– friendly show, Full house from fuller house, Young actor says he enjoyed his many career opportunities ER, Glee, Scream Queens, Youand now his leading role is Big game.
Disgraced coach Marvin Cohn is not only a fish out of water in a world of private girls’ schools with all the rules and regulations, but his teenage daughter Emma (Sophia Mitri Schloss) Decided to move to California from Wisconsin to live with him and attend the school where he works.
There’s a lot of father-daughter conflict, coach-player conflict, teenage angst, and an overall bumpy ride.
“I was obviously not a sportsman, but I didn’t know that world and I had never coached so it was challenging, so I had to do it,” Stamos tells EXCLUSIVELY. parade dot com.
“Honestly, I think it was easy. endoplasmic reticulum I’d rather play a doctor than play a basketball coach. It’s very foreign to me,” he adds. “It was a big challenge and I think I worked really hard to figure out how to bring that guy in. life“
Read what John Stamos learned from working with highly talented teenage girls in Disney+’s family-friendly series.
How would you describe Marvin’s evolution as a father, as a coach, and as a man?
He’s evolving, and the beauty of this character is that it evolves in one direction and then calls back in another direction. This was part of my ruse, my tactic for picking it up for the second season, a show where he’s 98% made up of women. with that DNA. It’s a show about female empowerment and women’s positive stories.
It’s kind of a safe place for Marvin to become a jackass and kick and shout at this modern man we all have to follow. becomes embossed. I’m really trying to rely on that in the show.
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Talking about working with this group of very talented actresses, they are young girls looking for positive role models. I had to.
That’s right, it sucks. My father was a great example of how to treat women. The respect he showed them left a lasting impression on me. that’s a weakness. It’s ridiculous, ridiculous anxiety when a man can’t put a woman equal or better. Sometimes the scene doesn’t work perfectly and I tell the girls: How do you want to put Marvin in his place?’ I love it, so they’ll do it.
Please give me an example.
we were doing in episode 3 [assistant coach] Holly Barrett (Jessalyn Gilsig) and I started talking to each other about men and women, inequality in sports, and how women work. I said, “I’m not mansplaining, I’m just trying to convey the difficulties of being a woman in sport.”
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what do you think about this?
He’s so dumb she calls him out on it. That’s the beauty of the show. I’m not Archie Bunker, but I can say stupid things. ’ Then he puts his leg in his ear and goes in that direction. But he at least highlights those elements.
Talk about how much this show has heart.
That’s what I push every day. Disney is heart, inclusivity and equality and all these things go together for me.I love youor “I care about you” or “I want to be better.” The world needs more hearts right now. That’s what happened in the past as well.
How have your young co-stars changed your view of you?
What I have learned from these young actresses is that they are fearless. They will come and without them you will never get where you really need to be. The fear of exposing yourself or embarrassing yourself can keep you from achieving your goals and being your best self.
full second season big game It will premiere on Disney+ on October 12th.
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