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Another NBA fable is making his mode onto the Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty scene. Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird volition look disconnected against Quincy Isaiah’s Magic Johnson successful play 2. Sean Patrick Small, 30, is astir to person a breakthrough infinitesimal playing “Larry Legend.”
Sean Patrick Small arsenic Larry Bird. (HBO)
Sean is simply a prima connected the rise, and he’s going to beryllium a notable sanction for fans of Winning Time. Sean wasn’t initially formed arsenic Larry Bird, but helium was yet “born” for the role. With Winning Time play 2 premiering August 6 connected HBO, HollywoodLife has gathered 5 cardinal things you request to cognize astir Sean.
Sean was “born” to play Larry Bird.
Sean has a large recurring relation arsenic Larry Bird in Winning Time play 2. Larry becomes a large adversary for Magic connected the hoops tribunal erstwhile the Lakers play the Celtics. Sean wholly transforms into the “Hick from French Lick,” who rapidly becomes an NBA phenom.
“Sean [Patrick Small] was calved to beryllium Larry Bird,” enforcement shaper Salli Richardson-Whitfield told Esquire. “We get to research that due to the fact that you can’t conscionable bash Magic and not bash Larry, right? We research much of Larry’s past successful a mode that volition beryllium astonishing and amusive for radical to see. Because you humanize Larry. He’s specified a benignant of stoic, backstage figure. Knowing a small spot much astir wherever helium comes from helps the dynamic betwixt the 2 of them.”
Sean replaced Bo Burnham successful Winning Time.
Actor, filmmaker, and comedian Bo Burnham was initially formed arsenic Larry Bird. However, successful August 2021, Variety reported that Bo had to measurement distant from the relation owed to “scheduling conflicts.” Sean was past formed arsenic the Boston Celtics powerfulness forward. “It’s official! So blessed to beryllium capable to stock with you each this astonishing accidental I person been presented with by @hbo and the producing team,” Sean wrote connected Instagram erstwhile the quality was announced. “So incredibly fortunate to beryllium a portion of an astonishing formed and crew, can’t hold to amusement the satellite what we’re cooking up!”
Sean is simply a arrogant dad.
Sean is happily joined to Emily Perkins Small. They started dating successful 2013. The mates welcomed their archetypal child, lad Everett, successful October 2022.
Sean Patrick Small broadside by broadside with Larry Bird. (Steve C Mitchell/EPA/Shutterstock/HBO)
Sean is from California.
Sean hails from Mountain View, California. He started retired his assemblage vocation astatine UC Davis earlier transferring to the University of Southern California’s movie program. He starred successful his archetypal short, Made In California, successful 2014. Prior to Winning Time, Sean’s latest relation was successful a 2020 occurrence of Similar Odds.
Sean has a past transportation to Larry Bird.
Long earlier Sean was formed arsenic the NBA legend, Sean spent 7 years penning and pitching a miniseries revolving astir Larry’s aboriginal days. All of that probe helped Sean erstwhile helium stepped into the relation of the Bird. “The timeframe worked retired perfectly due to the fact that Winning Time was starting disconnected from [Bird’s] rookie play successful the NBA,” Sean told Locale Magazine. “I’d been doing each this enactment connected his backstory, truthful it was like—oh, I person each of this successful my backmost pocket, I cognize precisely who this idiosyncratic is, which ended up being incredibly beneficial.”
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