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‘Claw’: the unexpected reason why Juancho Hernangómez was encouraged to make a movie on Netflix

Claw , the new movie produced by and starring Adam Sandler for Netflix , has been received with open arms by the streaming platform’s subscribers and, although in Spain it no longer occupies the first place in the carousel of the most popular, has not yet moved from the top positions since its premiere on June 3 and in some countries continues as the absolute leader. The Sandler production is directed by Will Fetters and, with the help of professional basketball star LeBron James , the famous American performer and comedian has managed to combine his new project with the sport he loves the most. If you want to watch more Movie pLease Visit this Website PlayTubes

In Claw , Sandler casts himself as professional basketball scout Stanley Sugerman, and among the film’s ranks, as well as other Hollywood stars like Queen Latifah and Robert Duvall , we find a solid list of current and former basketball players. NBA . One of them is the undisputed star of the film alongside Adam Sandler and he is Spanish: Juancho Hernangómez , a 26-year-old player from Madrid and currently a member of the NBA’s Utah Jazz squad.

A promising young basketball player, the Spaniard has turned out to be the true star of Garra , in which he plays a talented player with a complicated past, Bo Cruz , who becomes Stanley’s best opportunity to return to Los Angeles and become part of of the NBA.

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The Netflix film is the first time that Hernangómez is in front of the cameras and, in fact, he has confessed on more than one occasion that his dream was never to be an actor. In fact, his plans until shortly before becoming the star signing of the claw only went through training and continuing to grow in the world of basketball… Until the Covid-19 paralyzed everything and boredom itself led him to assess other options than Until now I had completely ruled out.

“Luck. Unexpected. Right time and situation. Pandemic involved. Boredom at home. And all powered by my sister.” A whole list of factors was mentioned by Juancho Hernangómez in statements to SensaCine on the occasion of the promotion of the film.

“I had no idea how a casting was done,” admitted the Madrid athlete. “We started recording and playing the movies. And in the end, playing the movies, I made a real movie.”

Hernangómez also spoke in similar terms in an interview with Variety , to which he explained that his agent had already encouraged him to do the casting for Garra before the pandemic but that at that time he was completely convinced that it was not what he wanted to do. The Covid, the quarantine and, above all, the boredom, made him change his perspective. “This is the only good thing that Covid brought,” he assured the American publication.

Surrounded by talent, Hernangómez had the opportunity to meet another facet of himself, but also the famous actor Adam Sandler, whom he considers a fun person with whom he created a very good working relationship. In fact, he says that if there were another movie in the future with Sandler and Jeremiah Zagar, the director, he wouldn’t hesitate for a second to say yes : “Now I’m focused on basketball, but you never know. I’ll never say I won’t do something. If Adam and Jeremiah call me, I would definitely do it.”



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