Prior
to her much-awaited turn as the new Lois Lane in next year’s “Man of Steel,”
Amy Adams can soon be seen in Warner Bros.’ new family drama “Trouble with the
Curve” as the estranged daughter of Clint Eastwood’s character.
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| Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. |
In
the film, Gus Lobel (Eastwood) is an aging baseball scout for the major league
team, the Atlanta Braves. Long since widowed and living alone, Gus has embarked
on a recruiting trip—maybe his last, considering his age and the changing
business—to find a talented young player. He’s joined by his daughter Mickey
(Adams), a busy corporate lawyer. The two have maintained a mostly episodic and
often strained relationship in the past, which secrets and lies have not helped
to mend. As they reconnect and attempt to work out their personal issues, they
cross paths and fates with Johnny (Justin Timberlake), an upcoming rival scout,
in a season that will be deeply cathartic for all of them.
Adams
says that there’s universality to Mickey’s feelings about her dad. “Daughters
always want the approval of their fathers. So, naturally, Mickey wants Gus’s
attention; she wants him to be proud of her, but he, like many dads, has a hard
time conveying that. Over time, she’s built up a wall and things between them
have become contentious, to say the least.”
Unlike
Gus, Mickey’s career is on the rise: she’s an associate competing for a coveted
slot as a partner at her law firm. “Mickey and Gus have a lot in common,” Adams
states. “They’re two people who focus on their work to keep from having to
focus on anything else. She learned from the best; she keeps really busy so
that she doesn’t have to explore the deeper, emotional side of herself.”
Despite
her reluctance, Mickey takes it upon herself to look out for Gus, joining him
on his latest scouting trip, hoping to be his eyes on the field. However,
Eastwood notes, “He doesn’t want anybody to help him, because he equates that
with them feeling sorry for him, which he can’t stand. He especially doesn’t
want Mickey there because he doesn’t think it’s a healthy atmosphere for a
young woman, even though she was around it a lot when she was growing up and
knows the game very well. He’s also afraid she’ll catch on to what’s really
wrong with him.”
Adams
observes, “I think Mickey views going to North Carolina to help her dad as
potentially her last chance to connect with him, and to convince him to start
taking care of himself. But it’s hard for her because she doesn’t know how to
communicate with him. They don’t talk, they argue. And she’s no more
comfortable taking care of him than he is being taken care of. This time
together could be a game changer, one way or another.”
Director
Robert Lorenz says, “Mickey’s got so much going on in her life at the start of
this story—she’s on the verge of achieving her career goals, her relationship
with her boyfriend is at a crossroads, and then she learns her father’s
livelihood is in jeopardy. It’s a perfect storm of life events that forces her
to re-examine what matters to her.”
The
director adds that he was eager to work with Adams, noting, “Amy embodies the
characters she plays so well. I also had a sense she’d be a good match for
Clint, that she could stand up to him on screen, which she had to do…a lot.”
Adams
was drawn to the script, and even more to the opportunity to work alongside
Eastwood. “Working with Clint was amazing,” she confirms. “He is truly a
legend, so to share the screen with him was an honor.”
“Amy was a joy to work with,” says
Eastwood, who was equally impressed with Adams’ skills on the diamond.
“Mickey’s a girl who was raised on baseball, and one thing I admired about Amy
is that she can sprint like a guy, wind up and throw a ball like a guy, and
take a real swing with a bat. So she was perfect for the part of a woman who
isn’t an athlete, but who grew up around a sport, who has it in her blood.”
“Trouble with the Curve” is distributed by Warner
Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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