Before 'Freaks and Geeks' and 'How I Met Your Mother,' Jason Segel played high school basketball and took silver in a dunk contest. The actor explains why he chose acting over athletics and his preparation to play Lakers coach Paul Westhead on WinningTime
The Los Angeles Lakers are starting to turn over a new leaf on Episode 6 of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are proving to be a formidable offensive duo, owner Jerry Buss has launched his basketball Mecca in a revamped Inglewood Forum and the team is even stringing together a few wins as it heads into the 1980s.
Looking back on the scene, Segel sympathizes with Westhead’s dead end verbosity, confessing his own similar habit: “I like to pontificate.”I did a seven-minute explanation about how you can’t look at a pot while you’re trying to get it to heat up. Because it’s never gonna get to the temperature in a way that satisfies. Anyways, I talked and talked and the guy was like ‘A watched pot never boils.’ Yep, that would’ve done it.
They sent me the pilot and the first six scripts. They intentionally made sure they sent me enough scripts so that I saw what was going to happen with Paul Westhead. Honestly, I was sold when I watched the pilot, because I really felt like it was to basketball what “Boogie Nights” is to porn. It’s not about the subject matter, but it really is about the people and the intricate power dynamics.
You have a long history with comedy, but I don’t think you’ve ever collaborated with Adam McKay or John C. Reilly before.
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