Following the NBA star's initial reaction, co-creator Jim Hecht told The Hollywood Reporter he hopes Johnson 'gives it a chance' at Wednesday's Los Angeles premiere of the HBO series.
“And then it was Adam McKay, who I’d worked with before in a really improvisational way, so I knew, ‘Well, this is going to have to be improvisational because I have seven days before we start shooting,'” he continued.
Reilly added that he feels like “I’m getting to play the equivalent of Walt Disney or something, someone who built the town in a lot of ways. That’s a big responsibility, and I hope people like it, honestly, because I put my whole heart into it.” Added showrunner Max Borenstein, “We’re trying to tell the story of a whole constellation of characters and real people who were involved. We didn’t want to pigeonhole ourselves by focusing on any single perspective. It was really important to us to have that balanced view.”
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