We chat with Sweetwater star everettosborne discusses the Harlem Globetrotter biopic, the importance of Nat Clifton's story, learning new basketball skills, and more:
Learn about the time when the game of professional basketball changed forever with Sweetwater. The upcoming sports biopic explores the story of Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, a star member of the Harlem Globetrotters in the late 1940s who would go on to become the first African-American to sign a contract with the NBA.
Everett Osborne on Sweetwater Screen Rant: I'm very excited to get to talk about Sweetwater, especially as a fan of the Globetrotters and the NBA. What about the film really sparked your interest? Everett Osborne: Martin did a great job, I mean, 28 years of research of this script, of this character, but I had to do a lot of work. I had two weeks to prepare, maybe two and a half, three weeks, so the moment I got it, it's my responsibility, it's a real human being. His daughter is still here to this day, Jataun Robinson-Swopes, amazing, family is still alive, so you have a responsibility, and people may not know this person is, so that's extra responsibility.
The rest of your co-stars do a phenomenal job with the actual basketball skills and recreating a lot of the Globetrotters' moves and flair. How much prep did that take for you, or did you already have some of that down prior to the film? Everett Osborne: To be honest, no, because I wasn't in my own head I'd be lying if I said I [was], I was just in Sweetwater's world. So, Everett, who's that? [Chuckles] I'd come home and be like, "Wow, that was freaking crazy." But at the end of the day, when you're in the world, you're in it, and I'm in it. That's how I felt about it, I was in it every step of the way.
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