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Inside 80 for Brady’s Most Surreal and Guy Fieri–est Moments
For first-time director Kyle Marvin, everything about 80 for Brady is surreal. At the same time that the actor turned filmmaker could be seen opposite A-listers Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway on last year’s Apple TV+ series WeCrashed, he was behind the camera directing an even more star-studded cast. Inspired by a true story, 80 for Brady stars the legendary quartet of Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sally Field, and Rita Moreno as diehard New England Patriots fans who travel to Houston for the 2017 Super Bowl and one final chance to see their beloved Tom Brady play in person.
The film is more than a promotion for the seven-time Super Bowl champion, who originally retired ahead of 80 for Brady filming, only to unretire by the time production began and then, finally, for good, maybe, retired once again in February, the morning after the 80 for Brady premiere. Marvin saw an opportunity to upend the traditional sports-movie formula, and in doing so, buck Hollywood standards by putting actresses of a certain age front and center. Here, Marvin shares the stories behind 80 for Brady’s wackiest and wildest scenes.
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In Super Bowl LI, Brady and the Patriots went down 28-3 before rebounding in an epic comeback. According to 80 for Brady’s fictional account, the turnaround was spurred by a dramatic pep talk from an unexpected source: Lou, who connects with Brady via the headset in his helmet and delivers the type of monumental sports-movie speech usually reserved for the actors playing coaches (think Al Pacino or Kurt Russell). After the game, the ladies are escorted into the winning locker room, where Brady and his fellow Pats await. Maura gets to meet wide receiver Julian Edelman and rub his beard; Betty and wideout Danny Amendola become fast friends; Trish bumps into tight end Rob Gronkowski, the subject of her erotica book, Between Gronk and a Hard Place; and Lou and Brady finally come face-to-face for a humorous and touching conversation about never giving up, no matter the obstacles.
Rita offhandedly pitched us this idea of rubbing Edelman’s beard, which we thought was so funny and then we came up with that line, “I want to shave you,” and he thought that was hilarious. They all have such a good sense of humor. And Sally really hit it off with Amendola, so there was just this natural affinity between everyone, and they came ready to go and have fun. They would watch each other on the monitors and it was sort of a one-upmanship. Every one of them thought they were funnier and wanted to keep outdoing it and keep performing. The guys weren’t necessarily carrying a big load; they showed up, they got dressed, they hung out, they did these scenes with iconic actresses and then went home.
Tom was a bit of a bigger lift. He did say to me, “I respond to coaching, and in this moment, you need to coach me.” And so we had some conversations about how best to approach a scene, how I do it as an actor, and how to get in there and explore what we needed to. You can easily get overwhelmed with his power and how iconic he is, and the truth is that I had to take that away and just be two people trying to get the best thing out of this moment and treat him as a peer trying to make a movie. Tom and Lily was a pretty amazing experience. It’s not an easy thing to do a conversation or speech like that. And we had talked and he had done some things to get himself ready, but nothing really prepares you for having to dig in real-time to a scene like that and commit to it. And I said, “Just look Lily Tomlin in the eyes and deliver those things you’re saying straight to her — and feel it.” And Lily is so good at giving, at emoting, and being part of the scene, he just locked eyes on her and started going, and I’m really proud of him for the work he did.
80 for Brady is now streaming on Paramount+.
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