Champions

Well, not my interview. Motionpictures.org spoke with cinematographer C. Kim Miles, whose work, in addition to Champions, includes The Flash and TV’s Yellowjackets.

The movie, which hit screens earlier in March, is about a disgraced minor league basketball coach ordered by the court to manage a team of players, called The Friends, all of whom have developmental disabilities.

From behind the camera, Miles had an interesting perspective on the players, and he has stories. A preview: “Any time The Friends were on set, that was always a treat—if we could get them to stop bouncing the basketballs. That was the thing. On day three of the shoot, as soon as they saw basketballs, they started shooting hoops. It took Bobby fifteen minutes to calm them down. Then Woody shows up, and what’s the first thing he does? Starts shooting hoops.”

Read the interview here.

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