Plenty of professional athletes attempt to take their talents to the big screen. Most of them fail miserably – but LeBron James, he's never been average.
King James proved it once again last night as his first film, Trainwreck, screened at SXSW in Austin.
Starring Amy Schumer as an anti-monogomy, sports-hating journalist and Bill Hader as sports doctor who she's assigned to interview, the film has everything needed to be this summer's blockbuster comedy. What was slightly surprising was how well James sells himself as an actor, and how many scenes he's in. Playing himself, his character is Hader's lifelong best friend, constantly giving him unsolicited dating advice.
The crowd loved every awkward moment, from James taking jabs at himself for being a cheap-skate (he makes Hader split the lunch tab, then realizes he "forgot" his wallet; he drives 40 minutes back to grab his sunglasses because he doesn't want to buy new ones) to him sincerely saying he needs to watch "Downton Abbey" so that he doesn't feel left out when his teammates are talking about it.
There was even a crack at Cleveland in general, when he complains that Hader only visited him when he was in Miami. His timing was on point throughout, but never better than when he gets his chance to ask Amy what's going on between her and his bestie.
“When you look up in the clouds, do you see his face?” he says. “When you hear his voice, does it remind you of a song?” He completes the scene by staring into her eyes for a solid five seconds, making sure she knows that he's serious when he says she better not hurt his friend.
James isn't the only one playing a version of himself in the film. In an on-stage introduction, Schumer said she pulled on many of her own experiences as she wrote the screenplay.
“I sent the first script to Judd and I was all proud of it, and Judd said, ‘Why don’t you really take a look at what’s up with yourself?'” she said. “So this is really me looking at what’s going on with me.”
James couldn't make it to the screening as the Cavaliers were playing in Orlando Sunday night, but with the official release slated for July 17, long after the NBA season wraps, fans can expect to see him on the press circuit.
And, based on this screening, plenty of other film premiers down the road.
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Danielle Elliot is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact her at delliot@yahoo-inc.com or find her on Twitter.
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