Thereâs not much info about Larry Snyder available. Google the man online and you wonât even find a Wikipedia page. Snyder, though, has quite the resume: a larger-than-life figure, he successfully coached the Ohio State Track Team for thirty years and mentored Jesse Owens into an Olympic winning athlete. But the problem persists â when playing a real life figure from the past fifty years and thereâs no info readily available, how then do you accurately portray the man?For the sports-drama Race, Jason Sudeikis turned to both fact and fiction in crafting his âLarry Snyderâ. The no-nonsense-coach-secretly-harboring-a-heart-of-gold is a fixture of sportâs melodrama. Think Gene Hackman in Hoosiers or Kevin Costner in Bull Durham. Sudeikisâ âLarry Snyderâ fits in right alongside these performances, the comedian using his cavalier sarcasm to maximum effect as the archetype. Yet because the character exists in reality, Sudeikis also found âLarry Snyderâ in brief television clips and a single quote from Jesse Owenâs biography.In the following interview with Sudeikis, the actor discusses finding the elusive historical figure through fact and fiction and why Race would be his fatherâs favorite film. For the full interview, watch below.[EMBED_COMPLEX][complextv contentid="Q4cnNsMDE6dffxjBm29IwazR2p_9hnQV" sitename="collider" playerid="26aa5f02d93f4c05a4546f6d5ecb59b7" adsetid="67a3ff9d3a842ae818bb9de1badc5b0" width="600" height="360" keywords=""][/EMBED_COMPLEX]
Jason Sudeikis on Channeling ‘Hoosiers’ for the Sports Drama ‘Race’
The actor also reveals why 'Race' would be his father’s favorite film and the single quote that helped him shape the character.