Exclusive: Fantasy Football interviews with Marsai Martin, Omari Hardwick, Kelly Rowland, Rome Flynn & director Anton Cropper
Currently playing on Paramount+ is the original family sports comedy FANTASY FOOTBALL, starring Marsai Martin, Omari Hardwick, Kelly Rowland, and Rome Flynn. Directed by Anton Cropper, the film also stars Elijah Richardson, Hanani Taylor, Abigail Killmeier, Tyla Harris and Isac Ivan, and features special star appearances by Nate Burleson, Jim Nance and Tony Romo.
In this hilarious and heartwarming father-daughter sports fantasy, everything changes when Callie A. Coleman (Marsai Martin) discovers she can magically control her father, Bobby’s (Omari Hardwick) performance on the football field. When Callie plays as her dad, a running back for the Atlanta Falcons, in EA SPORTS Madden NFL 23, Bobby is transformed from a fumblitis-plagued journeyman to a star running back bound for superstardom alongside his daughter and wife Keisha (Kelly Rowland). With the NFL Playoffs looming and the pressures of Callie’s new commitment to her friends on the robotics team mounting, the two must forge ahead to keep the magic a secret as they juggle the highs and lows of their newfound success, all as they rediscover what it really means to be a family.
FANTASY FOOTBALL is produced in partnership with The SpringHill Company’s Emmy award-winning studio team founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter and Genius Entertainment, spearheaded by Marsai Martin, Joshua Martin and Carol Martin.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales recently spoke with Marsai Martin, Omari Hardwick, Kelly Rowland, Rome Flynn & director Anton Cropper on the making of the film and their experience on the game or sport.