What I think is interesting about this one is that this is a story of what happens inside of the soccer world, instead of just a bunch of guys playing soccer. And in the second one, I wanted to see him change. I wanted to see him evolve. I wanted to see him become a little bit crazy because that’s what happens with rock stars, soccer players, American football players. In any sport, it doesn’t matter - when a guy that comes from a very simple background gets all this money and fame and everything. I wanted to really see him change. So the challenge is still there for the third one, and I want to try to think about a couple more things to do with that.”
Becker admits signing up for three films is a big commitment. “It’s very big and it’s very challenging. I don't know about the third one. I know that it’s going to happen. The plan is to shoot the film during the World Cup in Germany and then the rest of the film, not all the film, but maybe 30% of the film during the World Cup. Then when the World Cup finishes in Germany, we’re supposed to be shooting the rest of the film there in the stadiums, with the real players, not with a real audience anymore but with a real everything. That’s the way we shot the first one and the second one. We shot it at the stadiums with the real players. It was just awesome and that’s going to give the sense of realism that we want to achieve.”
Becker’s Soccer Skills Progress from the First to Second Film: “In the second one it was actually not easier, but it was great that I did improve a lot because I kept training and I had a wonderful coach, Andy Ansah. He’s an English player and in the second one, I did a lot of things that I never in my life thought I was going to be able to do but it was just because of him. I had a great, great, great, great soccer coach. And in the third one, hopefully I’m gonna be able to do a couple more things.”
English as a Second Language: Becker’s English is perfect however he didn’t learn how to speak the language until a few years back. “I actually learned English about three years and a half ago because I did a film called Imagining Argentina, so I didn’t speak English at the time so I really had to learn pretty fast. But what really helped me, I think, was that I learned German when I was a kid. I grew up speaking Spanish and German in the school and then when I was studying in Austria, I learned German too. And I did know a couple of things, a couple of words in English. But then I really had to learn when I started working here.”
