Magic Johnson Explains Why He Didn’t Watch His Docuseries ‘They Call Me Magic’ Until Its LA Premiere

variety.com:

Ashley Hume Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr. and his family — wife Cookie, daughter Elisa and sons Andre and EJ — were joined by a star-studded roster of celebrities and professional athletes as they attended the premiere of “They Call Me Magic” at the Regency Village Theater in Westwood on Thursday night.Directed by Rick Famuyiwa, the four-part Apple TV+ docuseries explores the personal and professional life of the basketball legend, as well as his lasting cultural impact, through a series of interviews with Johnson and his family, friends and fellow athletes.Johnson’s life and rise to basketball glory was recently depicted in the HBO drama miniseries “Winning Time,” though the NBA champion previously told Variety he was not consulted on the project and had no plans to watch the show.

On the red carpet at the premiere, Johnson indicated that he may have his own plans to create a feature film or miniseries based on his life. “Yep!” Johnson told Variety with a wide smile when asked if he would like to be involved in a new production.However, Johnson was uncertain about which actor he would want to portray him — “I have to think about that,” he said.

But he would recruit some of his closest actor friends, like Samuel L. Jackson and Denzel Washington to be featured in it.With “They Call Me Magic,” though, the Olympic gold medalist admitted that he’d abstained from watching the docuseries before the premiere event because he feared that his perfectionism would lead him to interfere with the process.“It would never come out,” he laughed. “I’m just a perfectionist.