Currently showing at Creed III with Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors will soon take on the features of another sportsman on the screen. After boxing, place in basketball, because here he was chosen to embody Dennis Rodmanin the film which will retrace the trip to Las Vegas of the latter, in the middle of the 1997/98 season.
An atypical role to say the least, in a biopic that promises to be just as crazy and whimsical as the interior of the Bulls…
” Hopefully I can sit down and chat with him, when we get closer to filming and try to get the best script possible. », explained the actor, while the Hall of Famer will serve as one of the film’s executive producers. ” I’ve never really set myself limits, but it’s definitely a role that will allow me to push them, because [ce rôle] will require it. He’s a person, an individual in his own right, so it’s going to be a lot of work for me and I’m going to have to find a way to make the most of it. »
We remember that the episode of Dennis Rodman’s trip to Vegas was one of the defining, if not legendary, moments of Michael Jordan’s last year at Chicago. On their way to their sixth title, the Illinois players had to compose for 48 hours without their star interior, eager to decompress and afford an improvised “vacation” during the season.
Nobody knows exactly what happened in Nevada during these two days, hence the interest of the film which will be full of crisp anecdotes, but there is no doubt that alcohol, cigars and casino parties have must have punctuated the days of “The Worm” and his girlfriend at the time, Carmen Electra…
| Dennis Rodman | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 1986-87 | TED | 77 | 15 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 58.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 6.5 |
| 1987-88 | TED | 82 | 26 | 56.1 | 29.4 | 53.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.6 |
| 1988-89 | TED | 82 | 27 | 59.5 | 23.1 | 62.6 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 9.0 |
| 1989-90 | TED | 82 | 29 | 58.1 | 11.1 | 65.4 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 8.8 |
| 1990-91 | TED | 82 | 34 | 49.3 | 20.0 | 63.1 | 4.4 | 8.1 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| 1991-92 | TED | 82 | 40 | 53.9 | 31.7 | 60.0 | 6.4 | 12.3 | 18.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 9.8 |
| 1992-93 | TED | 62 | 39 | 42.7 | 20.5 | 53.4 | 5.9 | 12.3 | 18.3 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 7.6 |
| 1993-94 | SAN | 79 | 38 | 53.4 | 20.8 | 52.0 | 5.7 | 11.6 | 17.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| 1994-95 | SAN | 49 | 32 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 67.6 | 5.6 | 11.2 | 16.8 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| 1995-96 | CHI | 64 | 33 | 48.0 | 11.1 | 52.8 | 5.6 | 9.3 | 14.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| 1996-97 | CHI | 55 | 35 | 44.8 | 26.3 | 56.8 | 5.8 | 10.2 | 16.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| 1997-98 | CHI | 80 | 36 | 43.1 | 17.4 | 55.0 | 5.3 | 9.8 | 15.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 4.7 |
| 1998-99 | ALL | 23 | 29 | 34.8 | 0.0 | 43.6 | 2.7 | 8.5 | 11.2 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| 1999-00 | DAL | 12 | 32 | 38.7 | 0.0 | 71.4 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 14.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Total | 911 | 32 | 52.1 | 23.1 | 58.4 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 7.3 | |
