Plot leak: The aliens (Blazers) are back led by Lillard. Lebron must put together a super team to take them on. It all comes down to game 7. Who will rule the NBA...and the world!
LILLARD ON ROLE IN UPCOMING SPACE JAM 2 MOVIE: 'IT'S NOT A CAMEO' As is usually the case, it’s been a busy offseason for Damian Lillard. He spent some time vacationing in Mexico, signed a super max contract extension in Las Vegas, recorded his third full-length album in Los Angeles (coming soon), put on one week of youth camps in Beaverton and is currently in the middle of a second round of camps. He’ll also return to Las Vegas in early August for a week of tryouts for Team USA. But those are fairly common events during the course of a typical Damian Lillard offseason. What isn’t common, and what makes Lillard’s 2019 summer a bit different, is joining the cast of one of the most anticipated sports movies in the last decade. Earlier this summer, Lillard joined LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, Diana Taurasi and a host of other professional NBA and WNBA players, as well as the likes of Don Cheadle and Sonequa Martin-Green for the filming of Space Jam 2, the sequel/remake of the Michael Jordan vehicle, which was originally released in 1996. James takes the lead role this time, with Lillard presumable picking up one of the roles filled by Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and Larry Johnson in the original. Lillard spent a week in Hollywood for the shoot, which required both long days and sacrificing his facial hair. "That was different," said Lillard of shooting the movie. "You all know I've always had a babyface, so this season I grew a beard out, it took me like six months to grow it. I show up on the set, they make me shave it off for the animation. That's why I look like this now. It was bare-faced for the animation, 15-hour days, showing up on the set at 6 a.m., leaving at 9 p.m. It was long." And he might not be done just yet. While it sounds like the bulk of Lillard's work on the movie is done, he did say it's possible he'll have to "go back one more time" to wrap up his responsibilities for the movie, which is scheduled to be released in 2021. Lillard wouldn't divulge much of anything about his role in nor the plot of Space Jam 2 other than to say "it's significant, it's not a cameo." The time commitment was significant, as was the requirement to be clean shaven, but despite the sacrifices, Lillard thinks it'll be worth the effort. "I'm not going to say it was fun, eventually it was fun, and now I'm happy I did it knowing that I was a part of something like that," said Lillard. "I think it's going to be great."
VIDEO » DAMIAN LILLARD FEATURED IN 'SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY' TRAILER by Casey Holdahl We've known for a while that Damian Lillard was going to have a "significant" role in "Space Jam: A New Legacy," the LeBron James-led sequel to the original starting Michael Jordan, but we didn't have much to go off other than that. But with the release of the first extended trailer for the film, we have a much better idea of the role Lillard plays... As a robotic version of himself, Lillard, who is joined by the likes of Klay Thompson, Diana Taurasi and Anthony Davis, seems to be the most featured member of the "Goon Squad," the team tasked with defeating James, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the "Toon Squad." You can make some assumptions about what powers his character might possess (notice the clock on his shoulder) but he's definitely a villain, which isn't a role we're accustomed to seeing Lillard play. Extend that acting range Dame! "I'm not going to say it was fun, eventually it was fun, and now I'm happy I did it knowing that I was a part of something like that," said Lillard back in July 2019 of shooting the film. "I think it's going to be great." "Space Jam: A New Legacy" is scheduled to debut in theaters and HBO Max on July 16. https://www.nba.com/blazers/forwardcenter/video-damian-lillard-featured-space-jam-new-legacy-trailer
