ComingSoon.net’s Heather Newgen talked exclusively to Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin and Will Arnett about their new basketball comedy, Semi-Pro, opening in theaters on Friday, February 29.
The film is set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song “Love Me Sexy” to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon’s franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible win.
Heather Newgen’s dress provided by Revolver and makeup by Lisa Buono.
