‘Ballers’ Season 2 Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Goes Head To Head With Andy Garcia
It took eleven different guys to take downAndy GarciainOcean’s Eleven, so it should come as no surprise that evenDwayne Johnsonwill have some trouble facing off with the Oscar nominee in the forthcoming second season of the HBO seriesBallers.
The series is essentiallyEntourageset in the world of sports, but with much more of a focus on the business side of things. Essentially, it’s like Dwayne Johnson is Jeremy Piven’s character, but he’s much less obnoxious and nowhere near as offensive or angry. The second season is premiering later this week, and a newBallersseason 2 trailer shows that Andy Garcia will be a force to be reckoned with for Dwayne Johnson.
Here’s the newBallerstrailer straight from HBO:
This isn’t quite at the same level of quality as shows likeSilicon ValleyorVeep, butBallersisn’t exactly going after the same audience as those shows, so it works out in the end.Ballersisn’t exactly compelling enough for me to stay invested, mostly because I’m not a huge sports fan, but Johnson andRob Corddrydo make an entertaining duo.
HBO certainly seems to be milking that Vin Diesel joke since it’s been part of pretty much every teaser and trailer for the second season. /Filmcast David Chen noticed the joke, and he made a rather interesting observation:
Rarely do movies with stars like Dwayne Johnson make pop culture references that make you think about the fact that a real life version of the actor who is playing a fictional character also exists in that world. That’s probably for the best because then you’d have to start thinking about the idea that this fictional character looks exactly like a famous actor or actress.
However, in this case, Johnson is mistaken for another famous actor who he has shared the screen with. So this raises the question as to who is co-starring in theFast and Furiousfranchise alongside Vin Diesel inFast Five, Fast and Furious 6andFurious 7. Presumably it’s not Dwayne Johnson because the hotel clerk would ask if he was Dwayne Johnson instead of Vin Diesel. So maybe Dwayne Johnson just doesn’t exist in the world ofBallers, and that’s a shame.
Anyway, the second season ofBallersarrives onJuly 17on HBO at 10pm ET.
