Does Dennehy pull off Bobby Knight?
Nope. He’s basically playing Brian Dennehy, only he’s wearing a red sweater and a white wig and dropping more F-bombs than usual. Not that this is a bad thing. I’m not sure anyone could have pulled off Knight, especially on a short shoot like this. Q: What was Dennehy like off-camera? Very professional, very charismatic. You could glimpse that side in the interview we did (which ran on Page 2 in January), but that was just a straight-forward transcript — it didn’t capture the businesslike vibe Dennehy exudes when he ambles onto the set, or the way it feels like a genuine movie shoot when he’s around. It was fascinating to watch them prepare the lighting for his scenes, and after everything was set and everybody was in place, suddenly a confident Dennehy would come bounding in, like a closer coming out of the bullpen. I can’t even imagine what it’s like to visit a movie set when De Niro or Pacino are involved. Q: Did anyone else in the movie stand out? The guy playing Delray Brooks (Al
