Taika Waititi’s upcoming film ‘Next Goal Wins’ adds Will Arnett to replace Armie Hammer.
It looks like late-game substitutions aren't just limited to the soccer field. According to a report from Deadline, Canadian comedian Will Arnett is set to replace Armie Hammer in the upcoming soccer comedy Next Goal Wins from director Taika Waititi . Hammer's role in the Searchlight Pictures movie, which Arnett is now set to assume, was that of an executive at Football Federation American Samoa.
Waititi, who won an Academy Award in 2020 for Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit, is adapting the true story of the American Samoa soccer team, viewed as the worst team in the world, looking to turn things around in time for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The team hires a former soccer player and coach in need of a break, Thomas Rongen , to help them turn things around.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Along with Fassbender and Arnett, Next Goal Wins—inspired by a 2014 documentary of the same name—also stars Elisabeth Moss, and Oscar Kightley. Notably, Waititi also cast newcomer Kaimana in the role of Jaiyah Saelua, the first non-binary soccer player to play in the FIFA Men's World Cup. Kaimana is 'fa’afafine,' a Samoan term for a third gender, and Waititi stressed that it was important for Saelua to not be played by a cisgender actor.
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