-Congratulations. I know you had your premiere last night,
which went great.
This was a character you played in some Pepsi ads.
-Yeah.
-You actually wrote and directed a couple of them.
They were really popular online.
But when they came to you and said, "Hey, that guy you played
in the Pepsi ads, we want to make a full movie about him,"
what was your first reaction?
-I couldn't believe it. -Yeah.
-I really couldn't.
You know, it started as an idea of a movie
in Santa Barbara about three years ago.
They approached me.
I was like, "I don't know if I'll ever have the time
to really act in a movie."
And then I thought coming on set,
I was just gonna kind of feel my way through it.
I completely tanked my first day on-camera.
I was really, really terrible.
For a week and a half solid, I was --
But the opportunity itself -- I enjoyed it.
Got to be around a great production crew,
great cast, great director.
-I'm not just saying this,
because the movie is really funny, but the movie has
a really nice emotional arc, and you're very good in this film.
It's really fun to watch.
You also have to, of course, play basketball
in all that makeup.
I would imagine that's three or four hours of makeup
to get into that?
-Yeah, 3 1/2 hours solid.
-And then you're playing basketball in Atlanta.
-105 degrees.
-So, how was that? -Intense.
I mean, it was, like, really intense.
But, in the back of my mind, I was like,
"In order for this to look great, just commit to it, man.
Just commit to it, sacrifice, whatever the time may be,
set calls, you know, shooting for 18 hours,
something like that."
I think my appreciation for actors, in general, just --
it grew, especially after filming that.
-Did you -- During this past season, after you filmed it,
were there nights where, even if it was, like,
a back-to-back and you played the night before
where you were thinking, "This is still not as hard as
wearing old man makeup and playing in 105-degree heat?"
-You're absolutely right. -Yeah.
Now, all of a sudden, the NBA seems easy.
-Oh, man, when I left that set, though, I was so elated.
-Yeah. -So elated.
-Well, yeah.
The secret is -- movies are super-fun to watch.
They're super-awful to make.
-Yeah. Yeah. I agree. I agree.
-There's a lot of guys who, obviously, were playing
when you were growing up --
Shaq, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller.
What was it like -- I mean, obviously, you've met
those guys, I'd imagine, over the course of your career.
What was it like hanging out with them
for the course of a whole set?
-It was really fun.
Shaq has an incredible energy about him.
He comes on set. He's, you know, the loudest.
He's obviously the tallest and the biggest on set.
And then, you know, Reggie, seeing him get outside
of his personality a little bit.
"C-Webb" making fun of himself.
But he did an unbelievable job, and as well as Nate and Lisa.
I just tried to pick their brains about, you know,
what was life back in their day,
you know, for playing professionally?
And, you know, they've laid down a foundation.
So I wanted to pay homage to them and, you know,
really show them that I appreciate
what they've done for me.
-Obviously, you guys play ball in the movie.
Did you ever get competitive when you were out on the court?
-Oh, yeah. -Yeah.
So those guys are still very competitive.
-Yeah. That's all they can be, though, is competitive.
-Right.
-Like, I just got to --
I got to let them know every single time.
-Was there any one of them
that was the most competitive of the group
or were they all of them?
-It was me. -Yeah.
-It was me.
I had something to prove to them, like Shaq.
"You're lucky I didn't play when you played."
Yeah, I was like -- Yeah, just talking
a whole bunch of crap to them.
It was fun.
-So, this is about, basically, a tournament in New York
called the -- Is it the Rucker Classic?
-Yeah, at Rucker Park.
-And your dad actually played in it.
-Yeah. -And was an MVP of it.
And your dad played at B.U.
So he must have thought it was fantastic
that you were making a movie about something
he actually played in.
-Yeah, for sure, for sure.
-And you played when you were --
What age were you when you played in it?
-The first time I was going to play in it,
but it rained that day, it was --
I think I was 17 years old.
And we ended up playing in another gym.
And then I went to the park again
when I think I was like 22.
-Gotcha.
-Yeah, went out there and just kind of
started ballin' a little bit.
-And was it as exciting as it comes across in the film,
the actual being there?
-Yeah, no, you become enriched with the culture.
It's literally just a man on the mic,
and he's hyping up everything that's going on out there --
you know, embarrassing plays, you know, really good plays.
And I think that really just gave me
my toughness in the league to kind of just be
an entertainer, as well as a pure basketball player,
so you find that balance.
-In high school, you also did do theater stuff, though.
Is that correct? -Yeah.
-So you did not come into this cold.
-I was awful, though. -Oh, really?
-Yeah. I was awful. -Even in high school?
-Yeah, no, I was awful, man.
-Did other people tell you you were awful
or is this self-judgement?
-Self-judgement. -Okay, gotcha.
-No, I literally joined the "High School Musical"
when I was a senior in high school,
wanting to get a day off of Monday.
I wanted a three-day weekend, so if you acted in it --
You know, everyone remembers how school used to be like that.
For the play, play members get a day off on Monday.
It's like, "What?" So I did that.
But then, most importantly, to be able to compose myself
in situations like this.
I wanted to be better at public speaking,
so I did that just to overcome a fear.
-What was the high-school musical
that you guys did?
-I think it was the first one.
-Oh, you did "High School Musical."
-Yeah, we did "High School Musical," the play.
Yeah. I was like... [ Both laugh ]
[ Cheers and applause ]
-That would've been like if "Uncle Drew"
was called "Basketball Movie."
I'm like, "What's the name of your basketball movie?"
You're like, "'Basketball Movie.'"
-Oh, oh.
-So, you were in the first "High School Musical."
And then is it true that
you are a huge fan of the musical "Rent"?
-Oh, yeah. I love "Rent." I love "Rent."
-But you've never seen it live. -No, no.
-Just the movie. -Just the movie.
-How many times would you say you've seen "Rent"?
-Over 20. -Over 20.
-Over 20. -Gotcha.
And is it something you put on when you're feeling
a certain way or is it just like, some days,
you're like, "I'm gonna go get some 'Rent'"?
-No, man.
Well, I got to tell you about the conversation
that I have with, you know, telling my friends
like, "Yo, 'Rent' is my favorite movie."
Then it's just like, "You guys don't want
to watch 'Rent' with me.
I get it. I get it."
But, you know, I think the appreciation just of
song and, you know, how it was produced
and the issues that they were pressing on.
It was at a time -- I was 15 years old,
just randomly scrolling through Showtime or HBO, one of those,
and then kind of just stumbled upon it.
-Well, there you go.
-Yeah. It's, like, my favorite one.
-There you go.
And I am a Celtics fan, so I have to ask, obviously.
-Appreciate that. -Of course. Thank you. Thanks.
-Yeah, I appreciate that.
-How are you feeling, health-wise?
Do you think you're gonna be ready, everything,
when we start it up again?
-For sure. I can't wait.
-Feeling optimistic about the season?
-More than optimistic. I can't wait.
-Yeah, I would say I'm with you on that.
-Yeah, once July hits, it's like, "This is great."
The movie premiere, going to junkets, and stuff like that.
But once July hits, it's pretty narrow,
in terms of what the focus is.
-All right, well, hey, man, thanks so much for being here.
Congrats on this film. It was really fun to watch.
Thank you so much. Kyrie Irving, everybody!
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