The front foot learned how to become the leader of the team with the old big brother James, and the back foot announced that he would take over a new movie. Uncle Drew, you are the real stylistic blossom.
Yesterday the Celtics beat the Six-Game Nets 112-104 at home, and although Irving was absent due to a hip injury, it did not prevent him from continuing to dominate the media traffic, because after "Uncle Drew", Irving is going to star in a new movie, this time a horror film, related to the famous Psychic Hotel in Russia.
Back in February 2016, when Irving was still with the Cavaliers, he decided not to play nine minutes before an away game against the Thunder, citing a "suspected flu." But then Owen clarified the matter, saying that the real culprit was that there were many disgusting bugs in the hotel that affected his rest.
The Cavaliers stayed at the same hotel as Oklahoma City's infamous spirit hotel, the Skilvin Hotel, and many customers complained that the hotel was haunted, including NBA superstars.
Legend has it that the hotel owner, Silvin, once had an affair with a waitress named Effie. Later, Effie became pregnant with Schilvien's child, and Schilvie actually locked the pregnant Effie in a room on the 10th floor of the hotel.
Eventually, after giving birth, Effie went crazy and she jumped out of the window with the baby in her arms.
I don't know if someone deliberately spread rumors to retaliate against the scumbag boss, but since then, there have been reports of customers who heard babies crying constantly during their stay, some claimed to have seen the apparition of a in the shower, and some people have witnessed unattended service cars moving back and forth in the corridors.
In 2015, before the Lakers' road game against the Thunder, Lakers guard Luis Williams was so intimidated by the atmosphere in the hotel that he was adamant not to stay here.
Because of this, the Thunder's home field is the real "devil's home" in the eyes of other teams in the league, because the Thunder often use the Skilvin Hotel to entertain the visiting team, and many NBA players have said: The Thunder home is too scary, because There are really devils in Russia!
Even more outrageous, there are even rumors that part of the reason George chose to stay at the Thunder was that he didn't want to stay in the Skilven Hotel...
In order to make a movie, Owen is about to come to this supernatural hotel again.
A film company called Imagination Entertainment announced on Monday that it would adapt into a movie about a bizarre event in the Skilven Hotel, starring Celtic star Irving.
Bobby Cohen, co-chair of Imagine Entertainment, told reporters: "The story will be told in unusual ways, you can think of it as a comedy horror film like Ghostbusters, and I also think it's a lot like 'Invasion of evil spirits', a kind of movie full of suspense and irony." In short, it won't be a very straightforward comedy, nor will it be a hardcore horror film like The Conjuring. ”
Cohen, a Long Island native and a loyal New York Yankees fan, was a big fan of sports and nearly got a job at ESPN before he went into film. His work includes The Amazing Gang, Memoirs of a Geisha, and the popular Scream series. Cohen said part of the idea for Irving's new film came from a conversation he had with Mark Gilba, who created the Uncle Drew series of commercials and the film of the same name, and under his leadership, Owen's first film grossed $15 million in North America in its opening weekend.
"Uncle Drew was a one-of-a-kind experience, and after entering the first year of the league, we created a character through the Uncle Drew series of advertising shorts." In an interview with ESPN, Owen said, "The challenge for me was that Uncle Drew was my role in the movie, and I had to be in the role in every scene and be part of the movie. ”
With Uncle Drew's successful experience, Imagine Entertainment executives felt Irving was a good fit for this horror film, which Cohen said was a combination of suspense and thriller.
It is reported that in the movie, Owen will still play a basketball player, in addition to suspense, thriller, funny and other elements, the film also tries to show how to become a professional basketball player process and details. Just as when we watch "Million Dollar Arm" (a baseball-themed movie that once swept the United States), we know what the life of a professional baseball player looks like; after watching "Mr. Sweetheart", we know the life of a part of the sports agent.
"I always thought movies full of plot twists would be cool," Cohen said, "let's imagine Irving and his teammates on the plane en route to the game and they're about to face an important game." But when they arrived at the hotel, they suddenly found: OMG! There is a problem with this hotel..."
Although Irving's new movie is related to basketball, unlike "Uncle Drew", there will be no other NBA stars like O'Neal, Weber, and Miller in this movie, and Irving will be the only familiar face of NBA fans in the movie.
Owen enjoys being a movie star, and he thinks that by making movies, he knows how actors spend time crafting their acting skills. With the help of a performance director, Owen learned how to speak his lines in order to make his character look more realistic.
"If the audience believes that the character exists, they will have some kind of connection with the character," Owen said.
According to Owen's agent, Jeff Wexler, most of the film's filming will be completed during the offseason in the summer of 2019 and is expected to be released in 2020.