Post by brett on Feb 10, 2006 10:58:20 GMT 10
Australia's World Cup football team and local fans will feature in a major Hollywood film - Goal! 3.
Australian producer Matt Barrelle, who has been a football fan all his life, is behind the film.
"We shoot Goal! 3 at the World Cup this year and we have actually changed the script, rolling a bit of Australia in there," said Barrelle, who grew up in Bondi but now lives in Los Angeles.
"So you will see Australia on the big screen, especially the fan element."
The first film in the Goal! trilogy opens nationally this month, following the story of aspiring footballer Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker).
Munez heads to England to try his luck there and manages to score a spot on the Newcastle United team.
"When I was a kid I did play football at school but I was obviously nothing close to a professional football player," said lead actor Becker, who is one of Latin America's biggest young stars.
"So I really had to train a lot of hours every day to get ready for this."
Barrelle said Australia's World Cup entry would definitely help the film.
"I am so happy we got in," said Barrelle, 34.
Barrelle predicts that by the end of 2006, football will be more popular in Australia than rugby union and AFL, but not rugby league.
"Because of the World Cup, football will jump from being the fourth most popular sport here (in Australia) into second spot," he said.
"I am sure it is going to come flying through."
Barrelle added that although underdogs, Australia had a "sneaky chance" of winning the World Cup.
Goal! features Australian football fans Anthony LaPaglia and AC/DC's Angus Young in cameos.
The film also had the support of FIFA, helping Barrelle secure international stars David Beckham, Raul Gonzalez and Zinedine Zidane.
While Goal! is yet to open in Australia, production is nearly finished on Goal! 2 and pre-production on the third instalment is well underway.
"This is a great story with the backdrop being a professional footballer," said Barrelle.
"We knew we had enough story to create a trilogy."
Booya. Goal 1 is out soon, I cant wait!
Australian producer Matt Barrelle, who has been a football fan all his life, is behind the film.
"We shoot Goal! 3 at the World Cup this year and we have actually changed the script, rolling a bit of Australia in there," said Barrelle, who grew up in Bondi but now lives in Los Angeles.
"So you will see Australia on the big screen, especially the fan element."
The first film in the Goal! trilogy opens nationally this month, following the story of aspiring footballer Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker).
Munez heads to England to try his luck there and manages to score a spot on the Newcastle United team.
"When I was a kid I did play football at school but I was obviously nothing close to a professional football player," said lead actor Becker, who is one of Latin America's biggest young stars.
"So I really had to train a lot of hours every day to get ready for this."
Barrelle said Australia's World Cup entry would definitely help the film.
"I am so happy we got in," said Barrelle, 34.
Barrelle predicts that by the end of 2006, football will be more popular in Australia than rugby union and AFL, but not rugby league.
"Because of the World Cup, football will jump from being the fourth most popular sport here (in Australia) into second spot," he said.
"I am sure it is going to come flying through."
Barrelle added that although underdogs, Australia had a "sneaky chance" of winning the World Cup.
Goal! features Australian football fans Anthony LaPaglia and AC/DC's Angus Young in cameos.
The film also had the support of FIFA, helping Barrelle secure international stars David Beckham, Raul Gonzalez and Zinedine Zidane.
While Goal! is yet to open in Australia, production is nearly finished on Goal! 2 and pre-production on the third instalment is well underway.
"This is a great story with the backdrop being a professional footballer," said Barrelle.
"We knew we had enough story to create a trilogy."
Booya. Goal 1 is out soon, I cant wait!
