Juancho Hernangomez

Juancho Hernangómez currently stars in the Netflix film Hustle with Adam Sandler. In the movie, Hernangómez plays Bo Cruz, an NBA prospect discovered by ...

I open the floor and I give my everything. "So I'm not going to close that door. I give my best to the team." In Hustle, Bo is very dominant when he takes on a variety of opponents because he can do it all on the court. Have patience, and whatever you can control, control it. In real life, Hernangómez is more of a role player who has been a key contributor to multiple teams.

Who is Juancho Hernangómez? Here's what to know about the NBA player who stars as Bo Cruz in the Netflix movie 'Hustle.'

Juancho is currently a forward for the Utah Jazz. After playing in Spain, Juancho entered the NBA Draft in 2016. Juancho was traded to the Boston Celtics in September 2021. He was on the Celtics roster until January 2022. The NBA player hails from Madrid, Spain. He started playing basketball at an early age. Juancho revealed in an interview that he turned down calls to audition for the role several times before he changed his mind. Juancho Hernangómez’s talent isn’t just on the court.

Complex caught up with Hernangomez about his first acting role in 'Hustle,' working with Adam Sandler, and what it meant to have basketball legends in the ...

I got his jersey, he signed it and his German jersey, he signed it. That’s the reason I get so mad at him during the movie when I feel like he lied to me because I really trust, I put my trust in him after I never had a dad. I watch it there and everybody wanted to be like Mike. It was huge. Even when we are playing in the streets with the street ballers on the A1 league or with the famous guys, like the professor and these guys, it was huge. And that’s the reason Bo did it because he loves basketball and because he loves his family and he knows he got to do it for his daughter.” But when we did the casting, I guess they see something in me and they see some kind of talent and we just developed the talent, but I was surprised at the beginning. He wanted to be the role model for his daughter and his father showed him the example to not be like him. JH: I think Bo didn’t trust him at the beginning because he didn’t have a father and his father left him alone when he was young and his father destroyed him and he want to raise his daughter to not be like his father, you know what I’m saying? And that’s the reason Bo did it because he loves basketball and because he loves his family and he knows he’s got to do it for his daughter. That’s the reason when you love someone, you are hard on them because you want the best. So I told the director and everybody, “I am going to do my best.” If I play badly at basketball, I know that’s my dream. I didn’t speak English. So I didn’t understand anything, just how to play basketball, the sport I love, the game I love.

The movie "Hustle" starring Utah Jazz forward Juancho Hernangomez and Adam Sandler is available to stream on Netflix.

“He just loves to have fun, he’s so funny, and he’s totally low-key. “I did it more for my family to do something. “I was at home in Charlotte with my brother and my sister and we were really bored, it was so boring,” Hernangomez said.

NBA player Juancho Hernangomez recently starred in the Netflix film Hustle. He revealed in an interview that he had declined the role earlier.

He’s like my dad, I’m like his older son,” the Utah Jazz player said. “And, at the end, we did it. I was focused on basketball and I was happy with it,” Juancho revealed candidly. “I mean, I don’t want to waste time on something like this. “My agent asked me to do the castings before COVID hits, three or four or five months before COVID hits,” he told the outlet. The NBA star recently spoke to Pop Culture about his first acting job.