‘Born to Bowl’ Filmmakers on Landing Liev Schreiber, and How Many “Balls” Jokes Is the Right Number of Balls Jokes
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James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, who also made 'McMillions' together, can roll the rock a bit themselves.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment I was bowled over when I first heard Liev Schreiber as the voice of God in A24 ‘s new documentary series Born to Bowl . I probably should not have been, considering the Ray Donovan star famously and fantastically narrates fellow HBO Sports docuseries Hard Knocks . Also, you’d think I’d have read the press notes. If Kingpin is the definitive bowling movie (no offense to The Big Lebowski , but their rolling was more of a side quest), Born to Bowl is the definitive bowling documentary. Both are funny, but in the latter, we’re laughing with the bowlers more than we are at them. James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte , also the filmmakers behind McMillions , would have it no other way. Related Stories TV 'The Last of Us' Adds Jason Ritter, Patrick Wilson to Season 3 Cast TV 'Green Lantern' Comic Writer Criticizes Damon Lindelof for HBO's 'Lanterns' For Born to Bowl , Hernandez, Lazarte and to some degree Ben Stiller (through his Red Hour Productions), followed professional bowlers Kyle Troup, Anthony Simonsen, EJ Tackett, Cameron Crowe and Jason Belmonte around the United States (and Belmo to his native Australian), from their day jobs — most of them need day jobs to subsidize bowling earnings, if there even are any — to major tournaments and not-so-major tournaments. Read The Hollywood Reporter ‘s Q&A with Hernandez and Lazarte — both pretty good casual bowlers in their own rights — below. Hopefully it’s the definitive Born to Bowl interview, even if they didn’t love my first question. Again, you’d think I’d know better. *** I really enjoyed the series, but I have to admit, the title doesn’t grab me. How did you choose Born to , I mean, look, a title is…an ever-work in progress, right? You think about, what is it that you’re trying to say, what ...
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