Aaron Rodgers is easily one of the most fascinating figures in sports. As if being a four-time MVP and Super Bowl champion wasn’t enough, he’s lived a dramatic life full of bold decisions and controversies. So much so, that his life story reads almost like a movie script.
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In fact, a Hollywood actor feels it’s exactly like a movie script. So much like one, that the actor is just dying to play the legendary quarterback in a biopic!
A drama-filled picturisation of Aaron Rodgers’s colorful life would surely attract plenty of viewers. You have to imagine some directors have already started drafting ideas around it. After all, Rodgers already starred in Netflix’s Aaron Rodgers: Enigma series.
Well, if Hollywood and Rodgers ever want to get a biopic off the ground, actor Josh Duhamel says he’s very interested in playing the lead role. He joined Julian Edelman on the Games with Names pod to talk about the same.
“I want an Aaron Rodgers movie,” Duhamel shared, much to the dismay of Edelman.
“You love Aaron Rodgers, huh? What the f*ck is this?” Edelman joked. “Maybe I do. It’s kind of like a sports movie, but it’s also like it goes into like some weird psychedelic thing,” Duhamel added.
It’s not the worst idea coming from the Shotgun Wedding actor. Who doesn’t like a sports movie based on a successful sportsperson?
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Edelman feels Duhamel would play Tom Brady better than Aaron Rodgers
But being the loyal guy that he is, Edelman had a different idea for Duhamel. The former wideout thought Duhamel would be a perfect fit to play a 32 to 45-year-old Tom Brady in a biopic.
“Well, there’s some soap opera sh*t in Brady’s life too,” Edelman argued. “Maybe we make you the Brady movie? The Brady biopic? You could play, easy, a 32 to 45-year-old Brady.”
But Duhamel wasn’t buying into a Brady biopic. He was clear about what aspects of Rodgers’ life he’d delve into and why it would make for great cinema. Which makes sense. After all, as a successful professional actor, Duhamel probably has a better read on what will click with audiences better.
Duhamel certainly looks like he’s at the prime point in his life to portray an older athlete in a film. The question is: will that film be centered around Rodgers, as he wants, or Brady, as Edelman suggested?
Only time will tell, but we know which he prefers!
