So I’m reading the script and I’m like, “Okay, this wasn’t what I was expecting!” Then the cast, the director, LeBron’s team [SpringHill Company] — I met with LeBron’s team years ago, just having general meetings as an actor in LA. So, I’m like, “Oh, that sounds really fun! It sounds like this could be something.” You want to take risks as an actor, you’re like, “Oh okay, the culture says don’t touch the classics. But at the same time, they didn’t say don’t touch it if it’s not right. You know?” I feel like it’s right. You know what I mean? You have that gut feeling of, “This could be dope.” It is what it is right now. We are really excited to show the world. Me and Tosin Cole went up to security and asked if LeBron wanted to run lines, and security said, “No.” We just wanted to see LeBron [laughs]. Go to the theaters and just have fun! Have a little drink before — pregame before you come, for real. As far as the challenges, it’s always a challenge because it’s not really my life. You know what I mean? I get to put a lot of my personality into it. But the circumstances are so different from anything I’ve been in. I’ve never been married before, never been in an open marriage — everything is being challenged. As an actor you have to tap into those moments where your ego is compromised and you just go, “This is not me. This is Emmett.”
