Terry Crews & Amber Tamblyn

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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As a linebacker from Flint Michigan, Terry Crews was picked by the LA Rams in the 11th round of the 1991 NFL Draft. In 1996, he played his last season ever for the Eagles. Then, he took up acting - he starred alongside Ice Cube in the Friday After Next, played Chris Rock's Dad on Everybody Hates Chris. Now he plays Sergeant Jeffords on FOX's Brooklyn Nine Nine. Now, his latest role is in Sandy Wexler. It's the new Adam Sandler comedy on Netflix. He talks with Jesse about the film, his time in the NFL and how he overcame a devastating addiction to pornography. Then, Jesse talks with the fascinating Amber Tamblyn. She's an actress and a published poet. In her latest film, Paint It Black, she's making her debut as a writer and director. The movie explores the aftermath of death from a really compelling and human perspective. This week's Outshot? Gap Band IV. The Sixth album by the Gap Band. Wall to wall bangers, we swear.

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0:35.9	I talked with Terry Cruz this week.
0:38.2	He's Andy Sandberg's co-star on Brooklyn 9.9.
0:41.5	He played the president in a deocracy.
0:43.3	He was also the screaming muscle man and all those old spice ads.
0:48.6	Before all that, Terry was a football player, not just like high school college football.
0:53.1	He played in the NFL for five years.
0:55.2	Of course, that kind of thing can't go on forever.
0:58.1	He retired in 1996 and it's always a weird transition.
1:02.4	One day you're getting VIP parking next to the Eagles Training Center.
1:06.5	The next you're rolling up to the LA fitness by the target.
1:10.6	That's how it went for Terry Cruz.
1:12.5	I went to a gym and I was like, I'm going to work out here.
1:16.2	And it was like, okay, all right, that'll be $25 a month.
1:19.6	And I was like, no, no, no, you understand.
1:21.8	I'm going to work out here.
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