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Zellweger as his wife, Mae; Craig
Bierko as Baer; and Paul Giamatti
(Sideways) as Braddock's Jewish man-
ager, Joe Gould, who never gave up on
the up-and-down career of Braddock,
dubbed "Cinderella Man" by famed
writer Damon Runyon. Mae, rarely
mentioned in the book, has a domi-
nant role in the film to reflect
Zellweger's acting talents. The movie
version is primarily a love story that
focuses on Braddock's home life as the
couple and their three children strug-
gle to survive during the Depression.
Both the book and film feature
detailed descriptions of the fights — the
latter in blood spurting screen images.
The movie drew a burst of applause
from a recent press preview audience.
It's produced by Brian Grazer (8 Mile)
and directed by Ron Howard from a
screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth.
The Jewish News caught up with
New Yorker Schaap, who is 35 and
single, between his roles as ESPN
anchor and award-winning reporter
for several news outlets. He answered
some questions about his new book:
JN: You acknowledge that Braddock's
story has been almost entirely forgot-
ten. Why tell it now?
JS: I think he was the most popular
heavyweight champ ever. Millions of
his fellow Americans, suffering
through the Depression, saw them-
selves in him. He had grit and resilien-
cy, and his comeback was truly inspi-
rational. (Braddock was succeeded by
Detroit's Joe Louis in 1937.)
JN: Why weave Max Baer's story into
Braddock's?
JS: Baer, whose father's father was
Jewish, and who also had a Jewish
manager, was a hard puncher who was
colorful and tremendously conflicted.
He killed a man in the ring, married a
movie star (Dorothy Dunbar), domi-
nated the gossip pages with his infi-
delities, starred in a movie and had a
war of words with the Nazis.
JN: The events you describe in
Cinderella Man took place 70-80 years
ago. How did you research them?
JS: That was the golden age of sports
writing, and I relied on newspaper and
magazine clips from some of the great-
est sportswriters ever: Damon Runyon,
Grantland Rice, Westbrook Pegler, Paul
Gallia), Frank Graham and others.
JN: So, you sold Hollywood the
rights to the book to be made into a
movie?
JS: No. I received nothing because the
book and the film are separate, parallel
projects. I tried to interview Braddock's
son, Howard, for the book, but he had
signed with the moviemakers.
JN: Your father, Dick Schaap, died in
2001 of complications following hip
replacement surgery. He was inducted
posthumously into the Michigan
Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and
emceed the annual induction dinner
for 10 straight years. In many
respects, you have followed in your
father's footsteps, right?
JS: Yes. Our family practiced Judaism
and I had a bar mitzvah, but we haven't
been observant. After attending four
high schools in four years as my father
moved around in his career, I followed
him at Cornell University. We both
worked on the school newspaper there.
Then I followed him at ESPN,
where I've been for 12 years. I also suc-
ceeded him as emcee of the annual
Hank Greenberg Golf and Tennis
Outing, [which takes place this year on
Monday, June 6, at the Tam O'Shanter
Country Club in West Bloomfield].
Cinderella Man opens June 3 in
area theaters.
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