Everything Michael Oher Said About 'The Blind Side' Prior to New Lawsuit
etonline.comMichael Oher made it known that he wasn't a fan of long before he filed his lawsuit. Earlier this week, the former NFL player filed a lawsuit against Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy, the couple that took him in as a teen, as was depicted in the 2009 Oscar-nominated film .In his 2011 memoir,, Oher expressed his issues with how the movie portrayed him,«I felt like it portrayed me as dumb instead of as a kid who had never had consistent academic instruction and ended up thriving once he got it,» he wrote, before praising the actor that played him, "Quinton Aaron did a great job acting the part.«Oher's other problem with the film, which starred Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw, was that it made it appear that he didn't know about football before the Tuohys, who have two biological children, Collins and S.J., took him in. „I could not figure out why the director chose to show me as someone who had to be taught the game of football,“ he wrote of John Lee Hancock. „Whether it was S.J.
moving around ketchup bottles or Leigh Anne explaining to me what blocking is about, I watched those scenes thinking, 'No, that's not me at all!
I've been studying — really studying — the game since I was a kid!' That was my main hang-up with the film.“After playing football at the University of Mississippi, Oher was drafted in the first round by the Baltimore Ravens in 2009.
When the team made it to the Super Bowl in 2013, Oher once again expressed his distaste for the film.»I'm tired of the movie.
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