ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke to Next Goal Wins star Oscar Kightley about the sports film. Directed by Taika Waititi, the football movie based on a true story is now available on digital and arrives February 27 on Blu-ray and DVD.
But this was another side of the people, and it was really cool, man. It was when I knew that I was gonna be a part of it — apart from the fact that we shot it in Hawaii and I was gonna be there for a few weeks — it was special to bring the story out. Because I love what you said about how you liked that it was grounded, which made it more relatable. Because you know that’s what I already loved.
One point you touched on was getting to show America Samoa off to a lot of people. How did it feel getting to show off aspects of the culture? It’s focused on the sports, but throughout the film you see a lot of aspects that I wasn’t particularly knowledgable. It makes me want to do more research.
Bro, honestly, you know Taika had designed the boobs. He drew them out on a piece of full SCA paper, and I gave it to the makeup artist, and then she very patiently applied them every morning. And it was about a week that I had to get the boobs on my face.