Jason Hehir the director of ‘The last Dance‘ has opened up on the Michael Jordan interview moment that left him shock.
Produced from more than 10,000 hours of behind the scenes footage, basketball fans in Australia will be treated tonight to the second release of the 10-part documentary series showcasing Michael Jordan’s 1997-98 Chicago Bulls in their final season together.
Viewers last week in the first release of the series were shown a closer look at the general manager and his role behind Chicago’s dysfunction in their final year.
Talks of dysfunction among the Bulls’ squad was nothing new, especially for Jordan who revealed the ‘cocaine circus‘ which plagued his squad in the early stages of his career.
Revealing his ‘jarring’ moment, Hehir declared he was left stunned when Jordan burst into laughter and freely talked about Chicago’s cocaine issues, admitting he was unsure whether the six-time NBA champion would be comfortable discussing the topic.
“I think I’ve seen just about every interview they’ve done and read every book about them, I really tried to uncover every single stone before we went into this thing to know what was out there,” Hehir told news.com.au.
“So any time there was a fresh reaction or story I’d never heard before, that’s like gold to me because we know all the stories that there are to know.
“You know I had never heard Michael laugh as hard as he laughed when we brought up the ‘cocaine circus’. I’ve never heard that laugh out of him, so it was jarring and I’m in my chair like, ‘Woah’.
“It was great for a couple of reasons. One is that it was just a moment of comedic relief — to see his laughter acknowledges that that was the case and that’s an apt nickname for that team.
“It was also just a huge signal for me because that was very early in the first interview when that moment happened and it was a signal for me that he’s going to be open about stuff like this that can be considered sensitive.
“The NBA is very sensitive about drugs and mentioning their drug days of the 80s, so if this guy who was the eternal face of the NBA and an owner, a current owner of an NBA team (Charlotte Hornets), was willing to go there then this is a great indication that he trusts me and we’re going to tell a comprehensive story but we’re not going to shy away from any topics.
“It’s moments like that where you step back and say, ‘My God, how do I do this for a living?'”
Jason Hehir the director of ‘The last Dance‘ has opened up on the Michael Jordan interview moment that left him shock.
Produced from more than 10,000 hours of behind the scenes footage, basketball fans in Australia will be treated tonight to the second release of the 10-part documentary series showcasing Michael Jordan’s 1997-98 Chicago Bulls in their final season together.
Viewers last week in the first release of the series were shown a closer look at the general manager and his role behind Chicago’s dysfunction in their final year.
Talks of dysfunction among the Bulls’ squad was nothing new, especially for Jordan who revealed the ‘cocaine circus‘ which plagued his squad in the early stages of his career.
Revealing his ‘jarring’ moment, Hehir declared he was left stunned when Jordan burst into laughter and freely talked about Chicago’s cocaine issues, admitting he was unsure whether the six-time NBA champion would be comfortable discussing the topic.
“I think I’ve seen just about every interview they’ve done and read every book about them, I really tried to uncover every single stone before we went into this thing to know what was out there,” Hehir told news.com.au.
“So any time there was a fresh reaction or story I’d never heard before, that’s like gold to me because we know all the stories that there are to know.
“You know I had never heard Michael laugh as hard as he laughed when we brought up the ‘cocaine circus’. I’ve never heard that laugh out of him, so it was jarring and I’m in my chair like, ‘Woah’.
“It was great for a couple of reasons. One is that it was just a moment of comedic relief — to see his laughter acknowledges that that was the case and that’s an apt nickname for that team.
“It was also just a huge signal for me because that was very early in the first interview when that moment happened and it was a signal for me that he’s going to be open about stuff like this that can be considered sensitive.
“The NBA is very sensitive about drugs and mentioning their drug days of the 80s, so if this guy who was the eternal face of the NBA and an owner, a current owner of an NBA team (Charlotte Hornets), was willing to go there then this is a great indication that he trusts me and we’re going to tell a comprehensive story but we’re not going to shy away from any topics.
“It’s moments like that where you step back and say, ‘My God, how do I do this for a living?'”
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