Grantland did an amazing interview with Keith Gibbs, the actor you’ve seen in just about every basketball movie. Gibbs’ credits include Baseketball, Celtic Pride and The Sixth Man.
Kevin Bacon sucks at basketball
Guess he won’t be anyone’s sleeper pick this year.
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Notably, Gibbs is also just one degree of separation away from Kevin Bacon, having worked alongside the Footloose star in 1994’s The Air Up There.
Grantland reports:
Could Bacon ball at all?
[Laughs.] No.
He really couldn’t. He was a good guy, and he really made me feel comfortable, as far as the acting went. We relied on my basketball skills to really sell some things. He hit me in the balls with the basketball three times. That kinda killed me.
The thing about Kevin, he was a really hard worker, and he was a perfectionist, so he didn’t want anyone else to do it for him. It led to a lot more takes, but it was more fulfilling. Obviously, he was a veteran actor and he helped me out quite a bit.
I guess if you were feeling any tremors on the basketball court, it wasn’t Kevin Bacon. He’s not a basketball player, just a hollow man. At this point, Bacon’s hoops career can RIP(D). If he wants to win a game, the other players will need to be a few good men.
Anyway, if you want to read the full Grantland interview with Keith Gibbs, click here.
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