Episode 137: Forrest Vickery Reflects on Role in Richard Linklater's "Everybody Wants Some!!"

The second of two "from the archives" episodes this summer -- a throwback interview I did back in 2022 with actor Forrest Vickery, who played Billy "Coma" Johnson in the 2016 Richard Linklater baseball film Everybody Wants Some!!.This was part of a series I wanted to do with actors from the cast, sort of an oral history of the movie, but never got around to publishing. I also interviewed Temple Baker in 2022, which I posted last month; I also talked with Will Brittain more recently in the spring about making the film.Forrest takes me behind the scenes about getting the role as Coma and how the production unfolded, including his background in baseball; working with a cast that included Glen Powell, Zoey Deutch and Wyatt Russell; how Linklater brought a 1980s Texas college town to life; and some of his favorite memories from the production.EWS!! is one of my favorite baseball movies, so I continue to hope putting this together in the coming months!-------------------------Original intro/outro music created by Christina von Claparede-Crola and Justin Paciocco