Billy was the best, ... When the kids were getting tired, and the intensity wasn't there, Bill would get in their faces and say 'Look, bring your A game.' He lit a fire under people. |
by the end of the day he looked like Jay Leno. |
I usually operate on an intuitive level. I just saw something in this kid's eyes. It's an intangible thing. But there was a spark there, something I just responded to. |
I wanted a dramatization of the sport, and I didn't think that could be executed at the level I wanted with actors, |
The challenge was to find kids who could play the sport at a very high level and who were born with the acting gene but didn't know it. It was a very long process. We saw almost 4,000 kids. |