We spoke to the “Last Dance” producer about his Olympic basketball film film “Court of Gold”

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Jake Rogal: I work in a company called words and pictures, and Connor Schell is the company’s CEO. So this thing had already been in the process when I came to the company. And I met Connor pretty early and he said: “Hey, there may be this document behind the scenes at the Olympic Games with some basketball teams. We don’t know exactly who it is yet, but are you interested? “Of course I said, sounds great.

So then it was what teams, the USA, no child’s play because they are the team that everyone is trying to beat, all superstars. France lost to the USA in the gold medal game in Tokyo. You are the home country. You have Wemby; It’s pretty much child’s play. In addition to the USA, Canada has pretty much most NBA players. They have Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOne of the best players in the NBA. You can be convincing. You also don’t have many Olympic experiences, it was a decision in your favor.

And then, the last team that we waited for a while because we were not sure who we wanted to go with. Greece was hovered out there Giannis ((Antetocounmpo). But we really wanted to think about who could go really far in the tournament, and Serbia was second at the World Cup. You have (Nikola))) JokikObviously a global superstar, and you have an amazing country history. Germany was hovered out there because they won the World Cup, but ultimately the history of Serbia basketball exaggerated it. So you were the fourth team.

Then it was about all parties involved, namely Fiba, and the Olympic Games, USA basketball. Make sure that everyone is on the same side. That actually rose until shortly before the shooting of spring 2024. We started in June, it was really at the last minute, but a big one I entered the picture, but I saw all the hard work that was in it, and saw All parties come together, which was definitely challenging.