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Read on for ways to stream Air on Prime Video free. “We felt a more interesting way to tell the story would be for him to exist in the ether of the movie, ” Affleck shared last month, per The Hollywood Reporter. “Michael Jordan is so famous that I truly felt if we ever saw an actor playing it would be hard to get the audience to suspend their disbelief, because, in my opinion, there’s no convincing anybody that someone who isn’t Michael Jordan is Michael Jordan. Chris Messina, Marlon Wayans, Mathew Mayer and Gustaf Skarsgård round out the cast.Īirshows the evolution of Nike and the Air Jordan brand, but audiences will only see archival clips of Jordan and glimpses of the character who plays him (Damian Delano Young). The Oscar-winning actress stars alongside her real-life husband, Julius Tennon, who plays Jordan’s late father James R. “I said, ‘That’s like saying can I play basketball on your court, and you say, yeah if you get Michael Jordan.’ Viola Davis is the best actor I have ever seen.” “He said, ‘Well, it has to be Viola Davis,” Affleck recalled during the film’s SXSW premiere.

Damon and Bateman play former Nike executives Sonny Vaccaro and Rob Strasser, while Tucker Howard White, vice president of Jordan Brand.ĭavis was personally selected by Jordan to play his mother. Dolly Parton Is Teaming Up With Amazon for a Pet Day Extravaganza: ‘We’re Gonna Celebrate the Pets…Īffleck, who also directed the Amazon Studios film, portrays Nike founder Phil Knight.

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