Patrick Schwarzeneggeris the biggest football fan of his immediate family.
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We all decided that it didn’t quite fit, executive producer Brad Simpson recalls.
Josh Rivera’s Aaron Hernandez, Patrick Schwarzenegger’s Tim Tebow on ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’.Michael Parmelee/FX
We wanted to use it as a launching pad to explore America’s religion, which is sports.
“The truth is this particular story has so many big ideas and themes.
Aaron’s story, and even beyond Aaron’s story, is important thematically in American culture.”
Jaylen Barron as Shayanna Jenkins, Josh Rivera as Aaron Hernandez on ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’.Eric Liebowitz/FX
Unfortunately, [he] wasn’t able to fully succeed."
“Much to the marketing department’s chagrin, I’m not really a huge football follower.
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There were too many resources Rivera would deem as “speculative” and hard to verify.
Patrick Schwarzenegger’s Tim Tebow on ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’.FX
I won’t lie.”
Schwarzenegger had a similar journey with Tebow.
“He gets really riled up all the time.
His voice was probably the most interesting thing to me.
American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandezpremieres Tuesday, Sep. 17, on FX and Hulu.
