>>> THE TENNIS MOV
STEVE
CARELL ABOUT PLAYING BOBBY
RIGGS.
>> HE GOES OVER THE TOP, AND
THAT WAS BOBBY RIGGS.
HE WAS TOF FUN WITH THE CHARACTER,
AND I HAD A LOT OF FUN
TALKING WITH STEVE CARELL.
READY?
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ENDED UP
PLAYING FOR THE HARLEM
OBETROTTERS.
>> I COULD SEE THAT.
>> I COULD, TOO.
>> BECAUSE HE WAS CORRELATION.
RIGGS WAS A GREAT PLAYER,
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS A THIS WHOLE
THING WAS BECAUSE TIME
PASSED HIM BY, AND I THINK
HE MISSED HIS OPPORTUNITY.
HE WAS A CHAMPION WHEN
NOBODY REALLY CARED, AND ITAY ALL OF
THESE CHAMPIONS IN THE 70s
THAT WERE GETTING ALL OF
THIS CLAIM, AND I THINK HE
WANTED A PIECE OF THAT PIE.
>> YOU COULD SEE WHY H WANTED THAT CIRCUS,
THAT LIFE.
>> HE DID, AND I THINK HE
CREATED THAT CHARACTER IN
ORDER TO GENERATE THAT
INTEREST, BECAUSE FOUND A WAY IN.
>> IT WORKED.
>> HE WAS A GREAT PROMOTER,
HE TRULY WAS.
>> AND WITH TH PRESSURE OF
PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER,
HE MUST HAVE FACED PHI THE TENNIS COURT
FOR HIM.
>> I HAVE A THEORY.
I THINK HIS GAMBLING IS WHAT
MADE HIM SO COMPETITIVE.
>> YEAH, I
WASN'T PLAYING FOR MONEY, IF
HE WAS JUST PLAYING FOR
MATCHSTICKS, HE LOVED THE
ACTION.
>> THE CHALLENGE.
>> THE CHALLENGE OF THE WIN,
TH COMPETITION, BUT HE
WOULD STACK THE DECK IN HIS
FAVOR.
HE WOULD DO THINGSHAT
WOULD ENABLE HIM -- THAT HE
KNEW HE COULD LOSING THE MATCH,
IN A WAY.
>> ULTIMATELY, I WOULDN'T
SAY I BECAUSE, HAD HE WON,
HE WAS GOING T
KEEP THE TRAIN ROLLING A
LITTLE BIT LONGER.
BUT ONCE THIS ENDED, THAT
WAS SORT OF THE END OF THE
DISCUSSION.
>> THE REASO'S WHY I SAID IT WAS
KIND OF GOOD FOR HIM,
FAMILY-WISE.
>> RIGHT.
WELL, FRIDAY, WE LITERALLY
FLIP TO A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT --
>> WE GO B
HISTORIANS SWEPT UNDER --
PUT IN THE CLOSET; YOU
DIDN'T HEAR MUCH AOUT IT,
THAT THIS INDIAN CLERK
BECAME SUCH A GOOD O
CLERK, AND WE HAVE WITH HIM
THE CHARACTER WHO PLAYED THE
PRINCE OF WALES.