The Paramount Plus show “The Game” is entering its second season on the streaming platform, presenting a fictional professional football team and its players dealing with both dramatic and comedic situations.
Vaughn W. Hebron, one of the stars of the hit show, is a former college football player who has changed career paths. He’s since become an accomplished actor with roles in the Academy Award-winning film King Richard and Tyler Perry’s The Oval. In “The Game,” Hebron plays Jamison Fields, a talented young running back looking to rebuild his image and make an impact on his team, the Las Vegas Fighting Fury.
Chiefs Wire’s Ed Easton Jr. recently sat down with Hebron to discuss the new season of “The Game” and his mindset after transitioning from playing college football to acting. He also shared his thoughts on Kanas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes and Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson’s rivalry in the AFC.
“What people can expect with season two is — so we’re picking up right after season one left off,” said Hebron of ‘The Game’ before its December 15th premiere. “But I think there’s going to be some information that people need about the characters’ personal lives from their past. So before we move forward in the season, we’re going to get like a nice little flashback into each of the characters’ pasts and how they ended up in the situation that they’re currently in. And the type of decisions that they’ve made that have put them in their current predicament and how (they) also affect their future.”
Hebron was a running back for the Lafayette College Leopards from 2009 to 2012 before pursuing a career in acting. He discussed the similarities in his approach to being an actor to his time as an NCAA D1 tailback.
“I honestly think I compare acting and the set so much to my football and sports experience,” said Hebron. “And the way I do that is because, you know, you train constantly. You’re constantly training, constantly working fundamentals. Honestly, I work more fundamentals with acting than I do, like actual scenes and stuff. I’m just working on the fundamentals, just like I did when I was playing running back. And then you know, you have your team, like on set. You have the set, you have the crew, you have your coach, you have a director, you got the coaches boss, you got the politics of that. So it’s very similar.”
Almost a wrap on Season 2, but had to shout out my brother
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