Deciphering the Real Pat Riley, With Adrien Brody - The Ringer

HBO’s ‘Winning Time’ catches the iconic coach in an unrecognizable state—before the championships, before the slicked-back hair. “It’s like having utter faith that it will happen,” says the man who plays him.

When Adrien Brody first saw the costume for his debut as Pat Riley in Winning Time, HBOs maximalist romp about the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, it wasnt quite in sync with the image hed always had of th… [+14747 chars]

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