John C. Reilly Defends ‘Winning Time’ Against Criticism About Inaccuracies: ‘These Were Crazy Times’
etcanada.comAdam McKay’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” has come under scrutiny for the liberties it’s taken over portraying the NBA team.
John C. Reilly, who plays the late Lakers owner Jerry Buss, is coming to his show’s defence. During an interview with Vulture about the HBO series, the actor addressed the criticisms. “The overall plot is based on historical fact, but we do fill in a lot of blanks,” he said. “I knew it would be difficult for the people involved in this story to see their lives depicted in a semi-fictional way.
But that doesn’t mean this story shouldn’t be told. The truth is these were crazy times.” READ MORE: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Hits Out At HBO Series ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’ In Brutally Honest Review The show follows the meteoric rise of the Los Angeles Lakers during the 1980s into becoming one of the most successful teams in the NBA.
Despite HBO’s defence that the series is “based on extensive factual research and reliable sourcing”, it has drawn criticism from the subjects of its series.
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