Jason Hehir was the man tasked with directing ‘The Last Dance’ documentary and he recently compared his experience of working with Dennis Rodman to that of taking care of his 7-week-old baby. On the Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast, Hehir revealed that he had the likes of Rodman and Michael Jordan watch clips on iPad in the documentary to keep them engaged.
“It really started off as a toy for Michael Jordan and to a lesser extent Dennis Rodman,” Hehir said. “Taking care of my 7-week-old baby and trying to keep his attention is reminiscent of my experience with Dennis.
“But for Michael, he had been interviewed 8,000 times,” Hehir continued. “… At the outset of this, they said, ‘He said all he has to say for years and you can just call from those interviews. He doesn’t need to be interviewed for this.’ And I was pretty adamant that he needed to be interviewed.
“We couldn’t just show old clips of him saying things,” Hehir added. “I think that retrospect was more interesting than archival video. But it was like how can we keep this kid, this guy occupied and in the chair?”
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The director of The Last Dance @jasonmhehir says the use of the iPad to watch video clips actually started out as a toy to keep Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman entertained. 😭😂
"Taking care of my 7-week-old baby and trying to keep his attention is reminiscent of my experience… pic.twitter.com/pA5ksQX49G
— Pablo Torre Finds Out (@pablofindsout) August 5, 2024
The answer was an iPad, food, and specifically in the case of Jordan, some tequila too. I get the point that Hehir was making, in the sense that he had to do something different to keep these guys engaged, as they had spoken on this subject numerous times.
Comparing them to children comes across as a bit disrespectful, though, and I don’t think this would go down too well with Jordan. Hehir probably shouldn’t expect to get a call if another documentary of the Chicago Bulls icon needs to be directed.
As for Rodman, he has never cared much about what anyone says about him, so there shouldn’t be an issue there. I can see him being a bit difficult to manage, though. Rodman might just be the most eccentric personality in the history of the NBA and even Jordan had trouble trying to keep him in check during their time as teammates.
Jason Hehir Once Compared Dennis Rodman To A Hyper And Misbehaving Kid
Interestingly, this isn’t the first time that Hehir has compared Rodman to a kid. During an interview with GQ, he likened the Hall of Famer to a “hyper and misbehaving” kid.
“It wasn’t difficult to convince him (Rodman) to do it. It’s just difficult to find him in a given place on a given day. He kind of does his own thing. You just have to keep him focused because he’s all over the place. He was one of the first people that we used that gambit of showing him in another interview – showing him Michael [Jordan] speaking about him. That’s why he has my phone in that shot, it’s not even an iPad. He’s like if you had a kid who was just hyper and misbehaving and you needed to lock him in. It was like, ‘Hey, look at what Michael said about you. Check this out!'”
It’s somewhat similar to the analogy he put out now, so Hehir has been rather consistent, for what that’s worth. He also claimed that former President Barack Obama was easier to get hold of than Rodman, which is saying something. Hehir seems to have had the complete Rodman experience during that time, and it was probably unlike anything he had ever come across.
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