
Chris Tucker plays, and helped write, the part of someone he knows personally: Nike VP Howard White.

"Which is kinda like choosing Michael Jordan for your basketball team," added Damon.ĭavis was in fact cast as Michael's mom, Deloris Jordan. But what I will tell you is he said, 'Viola Davis is gonna be my mother.'" The movie is not a biopic, but Affleck made sure everyone looked as close to real as possible, especially Damon, who mused, "My favorite thing about Ben is, he put me in a fat suit when I finally get to work with him."Īnd according to Affleck, Michael Jordan himself had a few suggestions: "A number of things – I'm not sure that I'm at liberty to, like, share every single one.
