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ESPN is making a movie about Bobby Knight and the 1985-86 Indiana Hoosiers, and Page 2 solicited your help to cast some key roles in the film about the volatile basketball coach.
Below are some of the best suggestions from the hundreds of messages sent in by Page 2 readers for choices to play the role of the Hoosiers' then-star Steve Alford. Check out the suggestions, then vote in the poll at left for the best choice to play Alford and move to the candidates who readers suggested should portray Michigan State star Scott Skiles.
We'll reveal the winning choices for each role next week.
Based on "Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers," the best-selling book by John Feinstein, ESPN's first made-for-TV production is due to air March 10.
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Mark Wahlberg
There is an uncanny similarity between the two. I don't know if "Marky Mark" has game though ...
Jon Fenkel
Philadelphia
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Josh Hartnett
Seems athletic, looks like Alford, and has the hair to pull it off, that down the middle 'do.
Scott Mauro
Green Bay, Wis. |
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Patrick Fugit
Patrick Fugit ("Almost Famous"), just about the right
age and can pull off the confused puppy dog look that characterized Alford.
Eric J. Fitch
Marietta, Ohio |
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Matthew Broderick
Who better than Ferris Bueller? No day off for here; get to work, Matthew!
Dave Muller
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Because his scenes were so believeable in "The Basketball Diaries."
Tony Racine
Washington |
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