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Here’s What ‘Winning Time’s’ Adrien Brody Had To Say About Magic Johnson And Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Not Endorsing The Show · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Winning Time tells the
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  Speaker 1: larger than life story mostly true of the rise of
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  Speaker 1: the showtime Los Angeles Lakers in the nineteen eighties. Both
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  Speaker 1: the basketball team and its iconic stars, Magic Johnson and
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  Speaker 1: Kareem Abdul Jabbar are not supporting or endorsing the show
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  Speaker 1: and refused to meet with the actors portraying them, and
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  Speaker 1: Adrian Brody, who plays legendary coach pat Riley, totally gets it,
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  Speaker 1: telling the Hollywood Reporter, everything is done with such a
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  Speaker 1: love and sense of respect for these people, but it
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  Speaker 1: would be challenging to watch someone depict your life or
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  Speaker 1: a period of your life if you're well beyond it,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm sensitive to that. Everybody involved thinks and hopes
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  Speaker 1: that when the real life characters see the whole season unfold,
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  Speaker 1: they'll be more than pleased with it. Winning Time, The
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  Speaker 1: Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is on HBO Max. Now
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  Speaker 1: that's direct from Hollywood.