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21-05-2025
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Asher Grodman has a backstory to award-winning video: He almost broke QB Trevor Lawrence
Yes, it can now be told. Asher Grodman almost broke a quarterback. The director, writer and actor in the CBS comedy hit "Ghosts," has been a Jacksonville Jaguars fans since the team played its first season in 1995, when he was 8 years old and growing up in New Jersey. As the family story goes, Grodman's father was from Detroit but his mother encouraged her two sons to develop other rooting interests. Advertisement "My mom felt that if we were raised as Lions fans, we weren't going to have any friends," he said on May 19 before playing in the 30th annual Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Celebrity Golf Classic at the TPC Sawgrass. "The cycle has to end with you." Actor Asher Grodman (center) chats with former Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Jamal Agnew before the start of a game against Baltimore on Nov. 27, 2022, at EverBank Field. Given his choice, young Asher was so enamored of the Jaguars logo and colors, that he latched onto the expansion franchise. And years later the Jaguars enlisted his support in writing and producing the team's 2023 schedule reveal video, "It Is Written," which portrayed the season as a 17-part TV series, with Jaguars' players and coaches acting out scripts written by Grodman and the Jaguars "writing staff." Produced in conjunction with the Jaguars Creative Media and Digital and Social Media teams, the video won four major awards, including two for Grodman as a content creator, one from the Cannes International Festival of Creativity for Best Use of Humor in Film and two "Webby Awards." But it almost came at a cost. Trevor Lawrence gets 'slammed' Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence makes several appearances in the video, including one where he tries to walk into a meeting of the "writing team," led by Grodman. Advertisement In a voice-over, Grodman explains, "Players aren't even allowed in the writing room," and in the scene, slams the door in Lawrence's face. Grodman tells what happened next. "I explained to him that you'll stand here and I'll just run over and slam the door," Grodman said. "So we did it and it was funny but I thought it could be funnier if we just slam the door a little faster. So we set it up again, I slam the door a little faster and get some chuckles." But after the second take (which was the one used), Grodman opened the door, and Lawrence was gone. "I only had him for a half-hour and I'm a little concerned," Grodman said. "I look in the hallway and there he is." Advertisement Yeah, there Lawrence is ... with his head tipped back and holding his hand over his nose and forehead. A behind-the-scenes image of head coach Doug Pederson (left) and actor Asher Grodman (right) during the filming of the Jacksonville Jaguars 2023 schedule release video on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville. 'I may have broken everything' The immediate thought was a gut-wrencher: Grodman had injured Lawrence a month before the 2023 OTAs. "Oh, God ... I slammed the door in his face," Grodman said. But Lawrence reassured him he was okay. "No concussion," Grodman said. Instead, Lawrence got philosophical. "He said something along the lines of 'pain is growth,'" Grodman said. Asher Grodman loves Jaguars' off-season moves Grodman was bubbling over with enthusiasm like any Jaguars fan about the team's off-season moves, such as hiring Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Boselli as the team's Executive Vice-President of Football Operations, Liam Coen as the coach and making the bold move on draft day to land two-way star Travis Hunter. Advertisement "I don't think there's a better representative for the team," he said of Boselli. "Something that has always kind of blown me away is how this wildly successful guy, Hall Fame, started his own businesses and yet he is endlessly curious and looking to learn more and more. That's the guy you want running an organization, and the organization means so much to him. He's been a voice for the fans for so long [as a broadcaster] that he is very plugged in ... he understands the audience." Grodman said he met Coen for the first time at the Jay Fund banquet on the eve of the golf tournament and was impressed with how Coen was interacting with fans. "He was one of the last people to leave," Grodman said. "And it's not just, 'hi, how are you?' He is really engaging with each person. He's a charismatic and bright guy and I'm thrilled he's here." Asher Grodman loves the team's boldness "Incredible," he said of the Jaguars' trading two first-round draft picks as the big bait for wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter. "For years we have played this numbers game ... let's get as many draft picks and players and hope something hits. It's a competitive league and you want to take your shots and be bold. Advertisement "I don't know how [Hunter] is going to turn out but I imagine it's going to turn out pretty well, but from a leadership standpoint, that's what you want. To steal from the Jaguars media department, you want to go out and hunt. I'm glad we're hunting." This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: How Jacksonville Jaguars fan Asher Grodman nearly hurt Trevor Lawrence
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21-04-2025
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Ghosts' Asher Grodman Explains Trevor's The Cutting Edge Obsession
The spirits on Ghosts love their TV time, watching everything from Survivor and Selling Sunset to fictional programs like the reality series It's Getting Hot in Here and the Succession-esque Night Sugar. But if Trevor had his way, he and his pals would only be watching one thing, all the time: The Cutting Edge. Over the show's four seasons, the finance bro has repeatedly referenced the 1992 sports romance, written by Tony Gilroy (!) and starring Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney as a figure skater and a former hockey player who team up to win the Olympics and each other's hearts. In recent episodes, Trevor has even tried to bid on Kelly's movie figure skates on eBay and bonded with the daughter he never knew he had over their shared love of the film. More from TVLine Ghosts First Look: Superstore Vet Ben Feldman Can See Spirits, Too! (Exclusive) Ghosts' Asher Grodman Talks Trevor's Big Familial Surprise: 'I'm Thrilled We're Flying With This' Exclusive NCIS: Origins Photos: Gibbs Faces the Music in Powerful Season Finale - Will Lala Have His Back? So what's with Trevor's fanaticism when it comes to The Cutting Edge? (And I ask that in the most loving way ever, because this reporter has also seen The Cutting Edge more times than she can count.) 'Trevor's obsession with The Cutting Edge can be sourced back to our [co-showrunner] Joe Port loving The Cutting Edge and him putting his signature on our show,' Asher Grodman, who plays Trevor, tells TVLine. 'I had never seen this film,' Grodman admits, and yes, I gasped in response. But don't worry, the actor has since rectified that glaring omission from his film knowledge. 'The second that we referenced it the first time, I was like, 'I got to figure out what this movie is.' So, yes, I am very well versed in The Cutting Edge,' Grodman reassures me. So feel free to throw your 'Toepick!' GIFs his way. He knows what that's about. One might expect Trevor to be a fan of a '90s bro comedy or a Wall Street drama or a more mainstream hit, not a romance that has taken on cult status in the years after its release. But Grodman couldn't be happier with his character's choice of favorite movie. 'I love it because it's not like Titanic or something that's, like, the seminal '90s film. It is a niche thing,' he explains. 'I think it does make Trevor feel, for me, very of the time and like his own specific person, which is the fun of all these characters. It's not just that it's someone from the '20s, or it's someone from The Gilded Age. It's a specific flavor.' 'It just makes him a little more complex, which I really love about it,' he continues. 'As a guy who loves rom-coms, I really appreciate it.' Are you also a fan a diehard? Hit the comments to share your love! Ghosts Powers, Ranked: Whose Special Ability Is Best? And Which One Stinks? View List Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
