‘Big Little Lies?’ And they were like, ‘It’s a show about basketball.’ And my heart just sunk. Of all things! I said, ‘I’m a player?’ and they said, ‘No, you’re a coach.’ And I said, ‘OK, great … what does a coach do?’ ”Despite reservations, Stamos dove into research, he said, spending time with NBA legend Jerry West, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980. “He told me it’s called ‘practice,’ not ‘rehearsal,’ ” said Stamos.
But it wasn’t just the subject matter that unnerved the actor. The character of Marvyn was outside of his comfort zone, too. “It was nothing like anything I had ever done, and it was nothing like me,” said Stamos.
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