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Michael Jordan acting


I've seen several behind the scenes documentaries for several movies... Star Wars prequels, Lord Of The Rings, MCU, etc...

Where professional actors (Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen crying, etc) struggle with the greenscreen environment... I don't recall many movies pre-1996 using such extensive use of greenscreen as Space Jam (there must be some but it didn't really EXPLODE until later in the 90s with Phantom Menace/The Matrix).

It must have been x1000 more challenging for Michael Jordan who was not a formally trained actor to be asked to act surrounded by lights, people in greensuits and green walls everywhere, talking to a tennis ball... it's not a couple of days for a TV ad like he had done before, this must have been MONTHS of greenscreen everyday.

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I bet he's a better actor than Nicholson is a basketball player.

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