Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty review – over-stretched basketball drama
msn.comVanity Fair interview in November. Even more unimaginable than McKay’s disclosure that the superstar SNL alum was no longer on speaking terms with his former SNL head writer was Ferrell turning on McKay after being denied right of first refusal for the lead in a new dramedy McKay was developing about the Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers.
Related: The Dropout review – another mind-blowing portrait of a great American fraudster Instead, McKay went with Step Brothers co-lead John C Reilly – another Ferrell bestie and frequent Funny or Die and Gary Sanchez collaborator who was reportedly put in the unenviable position of having to break the news of the booking to Ferrell.
As much as it smarts to see business drive a wedge between arguably the most productive comedy team of the past two decades, there’s no question that McKay had to make that choice to give Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty a shooter’s chance.
Where longtime Ferrell watchers might’ve had a hard time distancing this new role on court from his over-the-top portrayal of owner-coach-player Jackie Moon in the ABA send-up Semi-Pro, Reilly thoroughly embodies Jerry Buss, the late chemist turned real estate mogul who sparked the Lakers conversion from NBA also-ran to one of the world’s most prized sports franchises (with an estimated $5.
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