Pranksters, beware, because Blake Griffin is coming for you.
To coincide with the trailer debut, EW chatted with Griffin aboutDouble Cross,Broad City, andSpace Jam.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why did you want to pull aDouble Cross?
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I got involved a while back, developed it, and now it is what it is today.
I’m excited for people to see the final product.
It’s almost like you’re pulling off two pranks at once.
But has being a prankster always been a part of your comedy?
Or do you usually just like to watch pranks?
I would say both.
Are you often pranking your teammates?
Yeah, there are plenty of guys and old teammates.
We’ve done stuff here and there, but nothing crazy elaborate.
But you never know, I might start pranking teammates and friends soon.
I have to imagine some of these took some wild turns.
I think one of my favorite parts was just the reactions.
[Laughs] Sitting in the control room and watching it all unfold was my favorite part.
So are you planning to pursue comedy and acting full-time whenever your basketball career is eventually over?
So, I don’t know.
How often do people bring up yourBroad Cityappearance?
You really bared it all.
[Laughs] For sure.
That seems like it never dies.
I was actually just talking toIlana [Glazer]about that scene.
That had to be pretty cool, right?
MJ isn’t one to just hand out compliments.
But that was LeBron’s title to do with whatever he wanted.
I’m really interested to see the new one.
Ever throw that MJ thing out at LeBron during a game?
Like venture to really get in his head?
[Laughs] Yeah, just start quoting lines from the originalSpace Jamat the free-throw line.
Nah, I never did, but I probably should have.
Is that still in the works?
It’s definitely still in the works.
As far as when it will exactly be ready for people to see, I don’t know.
We’ve put a lot of time and thought into this.
It’s one of favorites as well and we want do the original justice.
It’s interesting to me and I’m excited about it.
Circling back toDouble Cross, what would be your pitch to get people to check it out?
In a short amount of time you get to see such elaborate pranks.
It’s just fun.
We put a lot into it and I hope people like it.
Double Cross with Blake Griffinpremieres March 19 on truTV.
