The plot seems as far-fetched as a ‘Hail Mary,’ but it’s all based on real women.
“The story’s based on actual women that live in Boston,“Lily Tomlintells EW.
“But we haven’t got to meet any of them yet.”
Rita Moreno, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Sally Field are crazy for Tom Brady in ‘80 for Brady’ first look.Paramount Pictures
“It’s really nice that it’s based on a true story,” adds Fonda.
“That made it [even more special].”
Though that doesn’t mean they weren’t also obsessive fans, screaming at fumbles and crushing on Brady.
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“The film I saw was one of them talking to Tom Brady,” Moreno tells EW.
“I literally thought she was going to go into coronary arrest.
She was watching him on a Zoom call.”
The actual club is still going strong, despite losing members along the way.
Elaine and Betty, who are 94 and 95, respectively, still watch the games together weekly.
Claire has since passed away, and Anita and Pat live in an assisted living facility.
As Field notes, “The story is embellished.
Not all of it happened that way.”
The real women sadly never attended a Super Bowl.
But what is true is the deep bonds they shared, on-screen and off.
That’s the message at the heart of the film and what keeps Elaine and Betty going.
“Good friends stick together and stay together and do for each other,” Betty told CBS.
The duo both attended a private premiere of the film.
Now, the only thing left?
Meeting Brady in the flesh.
