A video showing a clip of the movie went viral recently, as the actor was mocked for how he threw the football. And for good reason: He looks ridiculous throwing passes, not throwing in a full motion and doing a weird snapback thing once the throw is complete.
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Take a look for yourself:
So, what’s the reasoning here? Has the actor never thrown a football before? Never watched football before? He’s athletic enough to play the part, so it seems like he’d have a general knowledge of the correct way to throw a football.
But it turns out there’s a logical reason why he’s throwing the ball like that, as the actor is very happy to explain.
Amell wasn’t content with this explanation, though.
He took things a step further by making his pregnant wife record himself throwing a football. Because he really needs to let you guys know he can throw a football.
And there you have it.
This now wraps up a bizarre side-story from a movie that premiered four years ago.
