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American Football | Cult
Terror strikes when a promising young football player gets invited to train at a team's isolated compound.
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Terror strikes when a promising young football player gets invited to train at a team's isolated compound.
Budget 27,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 27,601,423 USD
The original title of the movie was "GOAT".
Tyriq Withers, watched movies with similar themes of perfectionism, like "Black Swan" (2010), starring Natalie Portman as a ballerina driven beyond all reason to succeed, and "Whiplash" (2014), with J.K. Simmons as an abusive music teacher. Withers also trained for about two months with Jordan Palmer, a private quarterback coach who has worked with the N.F.L. stars Joe Burrow and Josh Allen, and Withers bonded with one of Palmer's clients, the New England Patriots backup quarterback Joe Milton III. "I think it was so important to telling this movie because I think there's a certain swagger, a certain cadence to a N.F.L. football player that like you cannot fake," Withers said. Marlon Wayans, watched the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and read a book by Michael Jordan's former trainer, Tim Grover, to get in the proper mind-set for his role. But he also felt genuine competition with Withers, 27, who was already in shape in the early days of weight conditioning for the movie. "I liked that he was big like that because for me, mentally, it allowed me to go to even a darker place," Wayans said. "It allowed me to seep into the jealousy."
Actor Tim Heidecker previously worked together with producer Jordan Peele on Us (2019).
Marlon Wayans said he had always been inspired by villains who genuinely enjoyed their deeds, like Heath Ledger's Joker in "The Dark Knight." He said White was motivated by insecurity and envy of Cade's potential stature. "It's the fear," Wayans said. "When he starts showing up, like he could be the next GOAT, that bothers Isaiah. And so he's just like, nah, not on my watch." He said that is a thread throughout the film. "I think it exposes that grit, that thirst, that hunger that it takes to be great and you never not wanting to let that go," he said, adding, "As much as you want success, it's not worth it to lose your soul."
In interviews, the director describes Him (2025) as "almost like Nosferatu (2024) or Ex Machina (2014)... just with two quarterbacks." This hints at the film's tone: admixture of horror + idolatry + the cult of athletic fame.
