Tom Brady’s Game Plan: The Legend on Why He Won’t Set a Retirement Date, Making Movies and His $375 Million Fox Sports Deal
14.07.2022 - 17:29
/ variety.com
Tom Brady will be returning to play for his beloved New England Patriots. But before you call your extended family in Boston to celebrate, know that this homecoming is only for a movie. In “80 for Brady,” the three-time MVP-winning quarterback, who jumped to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020, is playing the 2017 version of himself at Super Bowl LI.
Brady wears his famous blue-and-white jersey, face paint and a near buzz cut, all for a scene in which he re-creates one of his biggest comebacks. (He overcame the Atlanta Falcons’ 28-3 lead to pull out a victorious career-defining shocker.) The Paramount Pictures comedy, from director and co-writer Kyle Marvin, will open in theaters in 2023 and follows a quartet of octogenarian fans — played by Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin — who travel to Houston to root for their favorite sports idol. Think “Book Club,” but with Tom Brady.
Not to be outdone by these formidable Hollywood icons, Brady recruited his own posse to join him on screen. In the film, Brady lights up the field with former Patriots players Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola and Julian Edelman, who all clock cameos as themselves. “We’ve been part of a lot of battles together,” Brady says on a May afternoon, lounging in a Las Vegas hotel suite on the day before a charity golf game.
He’s dressed in his new athleisure line, called (what else?) Brady. “We’ve never been on a movie set together, but it felt like we were back in the locker room when we were there,” Brady says. “Anytime I get my friends involved in things that I’m doing, it makes it that much more enjoyable for me.”These days, the 44-year-old star is trying to enjoy himself as he prepares for his next act.