Hustle, from its name in French Haut du panier, is the last basketball to see for all fans of the orange ball. Adam Sandler has one of his most serious but most striking roles there, he is used to comedy. The 55-year-old actor plays Stanley Bere, a losing talent scout who spots a promising young player in Spain and sets out to prove to the NBA that he and his new son can succeed.
In the role of the young talent, it is a novice in front of the camera who camps Bo Cruz. Indeed, it is Juancho Hernangomez, the current Utah Jazz player, teammate of Rudy Gobert. He is also a Spanish international and brother of Willy Hernangomez, who also plays in the NBA in New Orleans. But Juan is far from the only member of the North American league to appear in the film. It would be almost impossible to count the number of current players, former players or coaches to make even a single appearance in Hustle.
Among those we see the longest, we will retain Anthony Edwards, one of the young talents of the NBA who plays under the jersey of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Boban Marjanovic, the giant Serbian pivot from Dallas, who embodies precisely an immense player of his home country. This is not the first time that we see Boban in a film since he had played the role of villain fighting with John Wick in the third installment of the saga.
Current NBA stars include Kyle Lowry, Tobias Harris, Matisse Thybulle, Trae Young, Aaron Gordon, etc. all of which play their own role. Basketball legends are also present such as Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal, Julius Erving, Charles Barkley, Dirk Nowitzki, etc. But especially of the old legends of Philadelphia since the young Bo Cruz is drafté at the Sixers, the team of the city. Among them, we see in particular Allen Iverson, the illustrious rear of Philly.
Other figures are present such as coaches like Doc Rivers or young Spanish players or American universities. All produced by the current number one basketball star, a certain LeBron James. In short, the gratin of basketball.
Thibaut Falconnat
