The outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic two years ago had a major role in Juancho Hernangómez becoming the co-star of the new Adam Sandler movie Hustle, which was released on Netflix earlier this month. Show Hernangómez, a real-life NBA player with the Utah Jazz, plays Bo Cruz, a construction worker discovered on a Spanish basketball court by Sandler’s Stanley Sugerman, a talent scout with the Philadelphia 76ers. Sugerman, whose ambition is to be promoted from scout to assistant coach at the 76ers, sets about moulding his rough-round-the-edges protégé into a prospect capable of making it in the US’ elite basketball league. Hernangómez described as an on-screen “natural”Hernangómez, whose brother, Willy, also plays in the NBA, has received praise for his performance, in a movie that has generally been well received by the critics. The 26-year-old is described by Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri as “a natural on film”, while AV Club’s Courtney Howard writes that he “makes a formidable screen partner for Sandler, delivering vulnerability and nuanced grace”. In Empire magazine, meanwhile, Amon Warmann says Hernangómez is “unsurprisingly great on the court while also nailing Cruz’s naive vulnerability when the focus switches from basketball to family”. Juancho Hernangómez as Bo Cruz (left) and Anthony Edwards as Kermet Wilts in Hustle.SCOTT YAMANO/NETFLIXScott Yamano/Netflix “I never wanted to act”Speaking to Variety this week, however, Hernangómez said he had no desire to go into acting, until covid-19 led to the suspension of the 2019/20 NBA season in March 2020. “I never wanted to act, it wasn’t my dream,” he said. “It’s still not my dream. My agent called me before covid trying to get me to do an audition for the movie but I was focused on basketball at the time. I told him no for like five months. “But then covid hits, basketball stops and I have nothing else to do. I was in quarantine at my brother’s place and so bored. It was my sister who pushed me to do the audition.” After an online audition process, Hernangómez says, he was summoned to Philadelphia ahead of filming, which began in the Pennsylvania city later in 2020. “I think there were two or three audition calls over Zoom. Adam was there from the start, he was watching all the calls and the very last one was with him. “Then they told me I had to come to Philly in the summertime and they put me in touch with an acting coach. Her name is Noëlle Gentile and as soon as I met her, she was one of the best people I ever met. She worked so much with me, all summer we were doing three or four zoom calls a week. Everything I did right was because of her.” Hardest scenes? “Actually, the basketball!”Asked which aspects of his role he found the most challenging, Hernangómez said: “Actually, the basketball scenes! I mean, I’m used to playing basketball but it was hard doing it over and over again and then waiting 30 minutes to change cameras. I’d sit down and have to warm up all over again. The stopping and starting was strange.” Hustle: check out the trailerFans of ‘Bo Cruz’ will no longer have to worry about his basketball career, at least for the coming year. Juancho Hernangomez, whose performance in Adam Sandler’s Netflix movie ‘Hustle’ won him a lot more fans in and out of basketball, has landed a contract with the Toronto Raptors, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. After being waived by the Utah Jazz less than a month ago, the Raptors signed the 26-year-old to a partially guaranteed one-year deal for the coming season. The finer points of the agreement have yet to be released. The power forward was chosen by the Denver Nuggets in the first round as the 15th pick overall in the the 2016 NBA Draft. He stayed with the team for three and half seasons before he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, then later to the Boston Celtics, the San Antonio Spurs, until he reached the Jazz. He averaged 3.3 points per game with Utah, a team that became the fifth seed in the Western Conference. Hernangomez now known as Bo CruzIn ‘Hustle’. Hernangomez plays a promising young basketball player who is discovered by a Philadelphia 76ers scout played by Sandler. His character eventually joins the Celtics after going through some intensive training. In real life, the Spaniard has not had a particularly remarkable performance, averaging 5.4 points per game during his stint with the NBA. He now has a chance to earn himself a place at training camp and make his mark in Toronto, although the team’s roster is already quite deep in the front court. The Raptors have a promising lineup, managing to reach the playoffs as fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Raptors agreed to a one-year contract with NBA forward Juancho Hernangómez, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Financial details were not released. Photo: Getty Images. It’s not every day the Toronto Raptors can say they signed a movie star, but that’s what happened on Tuesday. The Raptors agreed to a one-year contract with NBA forward Juancho Hernangómez, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Financial details were not released. Basketball fans were quick to react and take notice as Hernangómez made his acting debut in the 2022 Netflix film Hustle, produced by LeBron James and Adam Sandler, who is also the co-star. AdvertisementHernangómez plays Bo Cruz, a fictional basketball player from Spain, who Sandler’s character recruits to help bring him to the United States and play in the NBA. The film received critical acclaim. After news of the signing, Sandler and Bo Cruz quickly became trending topics on Twitter. The new, on-court addition even generated a positive reaction from Raptors forward Scottie Barnes. Sandler has recently been spotted in Toronto and the GTA as he films a new movie. AdvertisementHernangómez, 26, is a former first-round pick (15th overall) of the Denver Nuggets in 2016. He’s bounced around since entering the league, playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves and, more recently, the Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz. The soon-to-be-27-year-old played well for the Jazz this past season, albeit in limited action, averaging 6.2 points per game and hitting over 40 per cent of three-pointers across 17 games. Juancho has an older brother, Willy, who also plays in the NBA for the New Orleans Pelicans. MORE FROM Canada
Netflix’s Hustle is a movie made for basketball fans, by basketball fans. In fact, Adam Sandler and his team at Happy Madison are such true basketball fans that nearly half of the Hustle cast are not actors, but real-life basketball players from the National Basketball Association. In addition to the many NBA cameos that you’ll spot in the movie—Boban Marjanovic, Tobias Harris, Seth Curry, Matisse Thybulle, Trae Young, Jordan Clarkson, Aaron Gordon, Moe Wagner, Alex Abrines, Pierre Oriola, Willy Hernangomez, Kyle Lowry, Khris Middleton, Mark Jackson, Doc Rivers, Dr. J, Jose Calderon, Felipe Reyes, Jaleel White, Elvin Rodriguez, James Gold- stein, Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Tierra Whack, Kristine Leahy, just to name a few—you’ll also find that Hustle director Jeremiah Zagar opted to cast many of his lead roles via the NBA, too. That includes Bo Cruz, the Spanish street ball player with raw talent and a raw attitude who is recruited by Sandler’s character, Stanley Sugarman, for the Philadelphia 76ers. When you see Bo’s moves on the court, you’ll know this is not just a Hollywood actor who balls in his spare time. Read on to learn more about Juancho Hernangómez, the actor who plays Bo Cruz in Hustle. Is Bo Cruz a real NBA player?No. Hustle is not based on a true story, and Bo Cruz is a fictional character invented by Hustle screenwriters Taylor Materne and Will Fetters. That said, the basketball skills that you see Bo display in Hustle aren’t faked. Bo Cruz is played by a real-life NBA player, Juancho Hernangómez.  Who is Juancho Hernangomez?Juan Alberto “Juancho” Hernangómez Geuer is a 26-year-old professional basketball player from Spain, who is currently playing for the Utah Jazz in the NBA. He was originally drafted for the NBA for the Denver Nuggets in 2016, where he played for four years. Since then he has been traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Boston Celtics, the San Antonio Spurs, and most recently, the Utah Jazz. He also played on the Spain national team. Hustle is Hernangómez’s acting debut. He got the job simply by sending in an audition tape which was, according to Hustle producer Joseph Vecsy, far better than the rest. In an interview for the Hustle press notes, Vecsy said, “Juancho was excellent. When we saw his audition, he was clearly the best. He brought this natural charming energy and was just himself. We knew he was the guy right away. And then he blew us away even more with his acting chops on set. He’s the best athlete actor I have ever seen and I think everyone will agree after seeing the film. He could do movies and TV after the NBA if he wants to.” For his part, Hernangómez said in that same interview that he “didn’t know how hard it was to do a movie and shoot every single day. And I feel like I fell in love with everybody here. Since day one, they have treated me with respect. They taught me how to act. And I got a chance to meet a lot of great, great people, which is the thing I’m proudest of.” In fact, it was Hernangómez who suggested casting his former Minnesota Timberwolves teammate, Anthony Edwards, in the role of Bo Cruz’s antagonist, Kermit Wilts. In an interview for the movie press notes, Edwards said, “As soon as I met Juancho we were competing against each other throughout the whole year—one-on-one, shooting drills, just talking shit to each other. So translating it to a movie is just probably a dream come true. It’s probably the best experience I’ve had since I’ve been drafted.” Combined with the dozens of other NBA cameos in Hustle, this is a movie for true basketball fans.
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