WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.410
- What was your initial thought

2
00:00:01.410 --> 00:00:03.750
about "A League of Their Own" reboot?

3
00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:06.000
Did you initially wanna be a part of it?

4
00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.310
- When I first received
the email to audition,

5
00:00:08.310 --> 00:00:09.300
I was kind of hesitant

6
00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:11.220
because I remember "A
League of Their Own,"

7
00:00:11.220 --> 00:00:13.980
and I specifically
remember not seeing women

8
00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:15.360
that looked like me on that team.

9
00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:17.820
So, I didn't understand what
they were gonna be doing.

10
00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:19.050
At this time, it was 2019.

11
00:00:19.050 --> 00:00:20.250
So, I'm like, "Okay, it's 2019,

12
00:00:20.250 --> 00:00:21.780
so they have to have
people of color in it."

13
00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:22.800
But then I read the stories,

14
00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:24.750
and I realized that it was
not going to be a remake

15
00:00:24.750 --> 00:00:28.290
and that it was completely
new stories, new characters.

16
00:00:28.290 --> 00:00:31.290
Once I got the part and ended
up meeting with Will and Abbi,

17
00:00:31.290 --> 00:00:33.450
the creators of the show,
they explained to me

18
00:00:33.450 --> 00:00:36.210
that my character's actually
based on real women.

19
00:00:36.210 --> 00:00:38.580
And what they were doing
was creating a show

20
00:00:38.580 --> 00:00:41.070
about a generation of
women who played baseball.

21
00:00:41.070 --> 00:00:42.990
Not about the All-American League.

22
00:00:42.990 --> 00:00:44.100
It's not about the Peaches.

23
00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:45.390
Those things are included.

24
00:00:45.390 --> 00:00:47.100
Those people are included in the show

25
00:00:47.100 --> 00:00:50.520
because they were such an
integral part of that generation,

26
00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:52.320
but they weren't the only part.

27
00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:54.360
So, that's where Max's story comes in.

28
00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:56.190
I'm a pitcher, and you need me.

29
00:00:56.190 --> 00:00:57.023
- Is that so?

30
00:00:57.023 --> 00:00:59.490
Everybody on the team has to
have a job at the factory.

31
00:00:59.490 --> 00:01:00.323
- So, any job?

32
00:01:00.323 --> 00:01:01.770
- Had you always been a fan of the film?

33
00:01:01.770 --> 00:01:03.630
- I was. Yes, of course.

34
00:01:03.630 --> 00:01:05.400
Growing up watching that film,

35
00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:07.410
it's not like there's a lot
of sports films out there,

36
00:01:07.410 --> 00:01:09.990
especially that are centered
around the female voice.

37
00:01:09.990 --> 00:01:12.360
And so it was a very specific

38
00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:14.528
and memorable moment watching
it for the first time.

39
00:01:14.528 --> 00:01:16.740
(upbeat music)