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Q&A: Zachary Levi on the challenges of playing Kurt Warner and how he physically prepared for the role

We spoke to the actor about playing the Hall of Fame QB.

American Underdog, the Kurt Warner biopic hitting theaters on Christmas Day, tells the inspirational story of Warner’s improbable rise from a struggling small-town college football player to grocery store employee to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion and Hall of Fame quarterback.

Zachary Levi plays Warner alongside Anna Paquin, who plays his wife, Brenda. Earlier this month, we got the chance to talk to Levi — the star of Chuck and Shazam! — about preparing for the role (he had to learn how to throw a perfect spiral) and even snuck in a question about one of Levi’s favorite shows, Ted Lasso.

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5 things about the Kurt Warner biopic we learned from the ‘American Underdog’ first look

The biopic is coming this December.

The Kurt Warner biopic is coming this December.

That’s right: the much-told but still-amazing story of the man who went undrafted, then who worked at a grocery store, went on to the AFL and then won a Super Bowl with the St. Louis Rams before landing in the Pro Football Hall of Fame is now a movie coming to theaters in Decemeber.

It’s called American Underdog and it stars Zachary Levi as Warner, Anna Paquin as his wife Brenda and Dennis Quaid playing head coach Dick Vermeil.

Check out the behind-the-scenes preview below and a few things we learned from it: