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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Sinners Director Ryan Coogler Explains Why His Past as a Big time Athlete Makes Him a Better Filmmaker · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Before he was commanding
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  Speaker 1: movie sets as a visionary filmmaker, Sinners director Ryan Kugler
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  Speaker 1: was a star in a very different field, or more literally,
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  Speaker 1: on a field. He played college football and a full
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  Speaker 1: ride as a wide receiver for Sacramento State, gaining over
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  Speaker 1: twelve hundred yards during his time there, and In a
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  Speaker 1: chat with Lebron James for Interview magazine, Kuler explains how
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  Speaker 1: the strong emotional core in his films is rooted in
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  Speaker 1: his experiences in sports. He says, it comes from being
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  Speaker 1: an athlete. That's what I was before I was a filmmaker.
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  Speaker 1: I had massive games. We played col against Marshawn Lynch
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  Speaker 1: and Deshaun Jackson. There were sixty seven thousand people in
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  Speaker 1: the stands. When they screamed, you could feel your face
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  Speaker 1: mask shaking. But somehow a game comes down to one
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  Speaker 1: or two plays, your world somehow shrinks at the same
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  Speaker 1: time there's sixty seven thousand people there. To me, that's filmmaking.
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  Speaker 1: It's a whole film, but it's really built out of
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  Speaker 1: microscopic moments. Ryan Kugler there on how being an athlete
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  Speaker 1: informs his directing, including his new Smash Sinners, which is
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  Speaker 1: out now. That's direct from Hollywood