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Apr 3, 2023 · Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser Jason Bateman takes on the role of Rob Strasser, who was Nike's marketing director at the time the movie takes place and Sonny Vacaro's supervisor. Strasser's real life nickname was "Rolling Thunder" and was known to be a voracious in his business pursuits, which greatly influenced the signing of Michael Jordan to Nike.
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- Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro. Damon stars in Air was Vaccaro, a former sports marketing executive who tried to sign Jordan to a deal with Nike by winning over the athlete’s mother.
- Ben Affleck as Phil Knight. Affleck stars in the film as Knight, the co-founder of Nike Inc. who previously served as the chairman and CEO of the company.
- Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan. Deloris Jordan is the athlete’s mother. During the preproduction process, Jordan asked Affleck to cast Davis as his mom. While talking to THR, Davis explained that Deloris “brokered” her son’s “deal to get him a huge stake in the shoe and in turn, protected her son’s legacy.”
- Julius Tennon as James R. Jordan Sr. James R. Jordan Sr. was the NBA star’s father and the husband of Deloris. He died in 1993 when he was shot while taking a nap in his car.
- Matt Damon is Sonny Vaccaro. Affleck's longtime friend and longtime collaborator plays Nike marketing executive and basketball guru Sonny Vaccaro, who convinced Nike to sign Jordan with an unprecedented Air Jordan-birthing deal before his NBA career had even tipped off.
- Viola Davis is Deloris Jordan. Affleck cast the EGOT-winner as Jordan's mother Deloris at the insistence of the basketball superstar himself. "Michael Jordan was very adamant that the only person who was fit to play his mother was the best actor in the world — Viola Davis," Affleck told EW.
- Ben Affleck is Phil Knight. The Air director plays Nike chief Phil Knight, who co-founded the company — originally called Blue Ribbon Sports — in the mid-'60s.
- Chris Tucker is Howard H. White. In his first big-screen appearance since 2016's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, the Rush Hour star plays Howard H. White, Nike's primary liaison with NBA stars including Jordan and Charles Barkley.
second unit director (as Rob Legato) Dominic Pacitti ... second second assistant director Jackson Rowe ... first assistant director: second unit Trevor Tavares ... second assistant director David Webb ... first assistant director
May 18, 2023 · Jason Bateman plays Rob Strasser in Air, Nike's Marketing VP at the head of the Air Jordan campaign in the film.Throughout his filmography, Bateman always showed a good balance between drama and ...
Apr 5, 2023 · The trailblazing relationship between Jordan and Nike is the focus of a new film, Air, which releases in theaters on April 5. Directed by and co-starring Ben Affleck, who plays Nike co-founder ...
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Apr 5, 2023 · From award-winning director Ben Affleck (Argo, The Town), AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nik...
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