Consequently, the story becomes much more accessible to adults, given elements like twisted heists and references to films that certainly aren’t intended for children.
The Bad Guys is a different kind of children’s film that presents a story about misunderstood antiheroes in a way that we haven’t really seen in animated features. It could also just be that audiences seem to like Sandler in dramatic roles, like Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love, which turns 20 years old this year. Part of that might be because Hustle director Jeremiah Zagar borrowed from Martin Scorsese while filming his basketball scenes.
Still, Hustle is one of the best Netflix movies available on the streaming service at the moment, and the movie has been earning raves from critics ever since it landed online. It’s refreshing to hear that trash talk isn’t THAT brutal in The League, because the things that Edwards says to Hernangomez got under MY skin, and I was just an audience member! He played SEC Basketball for the University of Georgia, and likely faced all levels of opposition before heading to the NBA as the first overall pick in the draft, and landing with the Minnesota Timberwolves. So, I mean, it’s getting pretty bad.Īnthony Edwards would know. Like, we weren’t talking trash back then, but they’re talking trash already, because the game has evolved year after year after year. The kids that I see now, today, that’s like fifth grade or fourth grade, they’re talking trash. Anthony Edwards, however, says that he never subscribed to all of that, even though he sees it in kids all of the time now. But Kermit knows no boundaries when he is trying to intimidate an opponent.
There’s a particular bit of talk that Kermit Wilts uses to get under Bo’s skin as they are competing, and it involves Bo’s wife and daughter – who you would think would be off limits. … A lot of the things that I’m saying are over the line. But in the movie, I get really disrespectful so, yeah, it’s crazy. I don’t think they get too disrespectful in the games.
So during a series of interviews for Hustle, I asked Edwards if trash talk in the actual NBA is as bad as they make it out to be in the movie, and he told CinemaBlend: As such, Kermit talks a LOT of trash to Bo when the two play each other. And he’s great! Even though he has to play a real jerk.Īnthony Edwards’ Hustle character, Kermit Wilts, is the consensus number one pick in the movie’s draft, and he becomes a natural rivel to Bo (Juancho Hernangomez), Adam Sandler’s client in the film. Currently a shooting guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Edwards has a significant role in Hustle as the ultra-talented rookie standing in Hernangomez’s way as the player hustles (get it?) to make his way into the NBA Draft. This June, give yourself the gift of a piece of trans cinema history.Adam Sandler might be the star of the new Netflix movie Hustle, which is centered around Utah Jazz center Juancho Herangomez, but fans who are checking the basketball drama out on the streaming service (and there appears to be a lot of you) are walking away singing the praises of 20-year-old hoops phenom Anthony Edwards. digital media, it’s important to remember films like I Want What I Want that would be completely wiped out of history if it were not for internet preservation as the film has been out of print since before many of us reading this were alive.
With the constant debates surrounding physical vs. Yes, there are some aspects that haven’t aged well considering it’s nearly fifty years old, but even the decision to have a cis woman (Anne Heywood) play the trans woman lead is groundbreaking considering we’re still putting male actors in bad wigs and calling it “cinema” in 2021. Based on the book of the same name, I Want What I Want is an out of print movie lost to time and it’s a terrible shame because it is one of the most sincere presentations of a trans affirming film ever made. Trans representation in cinema is pretty damn terrible if we’re being honest, but there are a handful that rise above the top and offer a genuinely thoughtful approach to telling a trans story.