Showing all 30 items. Jump to: Cameo 2 Spoilers 2. Footage from Smith's career as a hockey enforcer is shown during the films credits. Curt Keilback , who plays the role of Halifax's play-by-play announcer, is actually a former National Hockey League play-by-play announcer. Ironically, Baruchel plays an American character a thickly-accented Massachusetts native in the film, while Schreiber plays a Canadian character.
Seann William Scott gained weight for the role of Doug Glatt, as well as taking intensive skating lessons and fighting on ice. Jay Baruchel wanted to adapt the book into a film after noticing a lack of hockey comedies in recent years. In an interview with hockey blog Puck Daddy, Liev Schreiber notes that he was inspired by former hockey enforcer Bob Probert.
As an homage to the player, he taped his wrists for the film, just as Probert had done when he played. He "politely" asked Raitis Ivanans from the Los Angeles Kings if he wanted to "go" then wished him "good luck" on Nov 30, There is also a cameo by then Boston Bruin's goalie, Tim Thomas. The restaurant where the Glatt family dines is Kelekis, a well known Winnipeg establishment that has since closed. Doug's Seann William Scott signed photo on the wall is a homage to the Kelekis Wall of Fame, seen in the film, which has signed photos of the famous people who dined there over the years.
One of the photos is that of the late John Candy , a close friend of Eugene Levy who called Kelekis his favorite restaurant. The character of Doug Glatt plays for two teams in the movie: The Orangetown Assassins, who wear orange and black uniforms; and the Halifax Highlanders, whose logo is the letter H with a dot on the right side and wings on the left. Both are allusions to the NHL team Philadelphia Flyers, who have a similar logo and wore a similar style of uniforms in the past.
So it was an amazing time, a confluence of people that all believed that this could be something special and what this could be meant to be. I saw the chance to give Canadian kids and hockey fans the world over the flick we hoped they'd been waiting for.
His against-type portrayal of Doug Glatt was one of the most believable roles I've seen in a while. Baruchel: I agree. He was channeling something special. To quote him, "this is the role I moved to LA to be an actor for. I saw him in Richard Kelly's movie Southland Tales and I was quite blown away, floored at what he could do and what he had inside him and there are some people that are just naturals. Seann never went to theater school but there was no other job he was meant to do beside act and I don't think people have seen the full breadth of his skills or talents.
GeekDad: I loved the diner scenes with Liev Schriber as Rhea, and when he finally realizes he's going to be fighting Glatt. You know that it's heading toward that but it didn't make him a villain. It just made him an older version of Glatt, and elicited the same sympathy. Plus, that Fu Manchu made him pretty badass.
But really, that was always the goal, and it was something I had to fight for throughout the development of the film. People wanted Rhea to be more of a bad guy, they wanted him to be cheap or vengeful, everyone sort of wanted to put him in a box "we root for Doug, we root against Rhea. I couldn't list how many times I've seen it; it's a movie I watch and mouth the words to as I go. The meeting between Rhea and Glatt is not dissimilar at all between the meeting between De Niro and Pacino, I had that as an idea and watching that movie you are rooting for both of them and neither of them, you want both of them to succeed but you also know that just can't be.
In order for one of them to succeed the other will have to fail, but you also have a connection to both of them. I also thought of it as a Western in a way.
You have these two gunfighters, they hear about each other and you know that inevitably they are going to have to face off. We wanted to build Rhea a certain mythology so when he finally comes on the screen, it does something to you, you get butterflies in your stomach. The man, the myth, the legend. GeekDad: And your character, Pat - also a legend? Kind of a nice release after doing so many family films, huh? Baruchel: Exactly right man! One needs a release after doing a lot of family films.
And also I just got a chance to swear a lot. GeekDad: Ha. Well, thanks for hanging out on the line and chatting with me. Any last words? Baruchel: Thanks for giving me a chance to talk about the movie. I have to say, you know, I always hope that we'll be able to continue these characters' stories, we would tell the continuing adventures of Doug Glatt and company if people want to see them.
I appreciate the love you've shown for Goon and it means the world. Have a good one, eh? Goon is a movie that is not only the hockey movie for this generation of hockey fans, but is a terribly accurate representation of the stress and conflict of the modern-day hockey enforcer, a role that as Jay pointed out is slowly being phased out of hockey.
This is not a good thing. The enforcer knows how to play the game without delivering season-ending cheap shots and injuries to other players.
The NHL is focusing on the wrong issue by eliminating fighting within the game: This will not halt the display of errant violence that currently plagues the league; it will only heighten it. With humor and plenty of blood on the ice, Goon tackles the life of the enforcer with humility and sympathy. Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg have written themselves a true gem of a script. The writing is sharp and never preachy, the characters resonate and we feel the pain that Doug Glatt feels.
Seann William Scott delivers a career performance here as the conflicted Glatt. If you are a hockey fan, I can't recommend Goon more. If you aren't a hockey fan, you will enjoy this movie regardless for the story and more-than-human characters. Goon is now the ultimate hockey film for the 21st century. You guys just lost a real tough guy in Ryan Reaves, who went to Pittsburgh.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are skill guys. Their coach is an old school guy named Mike Sullivan. He understands what having a tough guy who will step up and protect teammates brings a roster and lineup. Skill players like having a tough guys.
Smith: Of course. Buffa: What were your feelings when Hollywood wanted to make a movie out of your book and story? My buddy Adam said we should write a book. He put the book together. He got on the phone with his writing team and said they needed to make a movie about an enforcer. This was four years after it came out. We met with a team of writers and producers out here in the Boston area. They supposedly buy hundreds of books every year, so he asked if we wanted to take the money and have a few more bucks in our pocket.
Adam and I took the check, and six or seven months later, we got a call that they were starting the script. We were blown away. Buffa: Did you get a kick out of the actors who portrayed the enforcers in the movie?
Guys like Scott and Liev Schreiber. Smith: You are talking about guys who are legitimately class A actors. Schreiber was a legit actor, having done lots of theater and shows like Ray Donovan. They all did a really good job with the limitations they had. None of them could skate or play hockey. But as far as acting goes, I think they did a great job. Buffa: After you were done playing, you went right into coaching at Hanover High School and eventually helped the Boston Bruins as well.
How was coaching as opposed to playing? Smith: My story was so unreal. I think people could look at me and say this was a guy who really worked his ass off.
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