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There was one thing directors Josh and Benny Safdie knew for certain about former Celtics star Kevin Garnett when they cast him in Uncut Gems, now a critically acclaimed film: They despised him.
"The problem is, Benny and I have a sickness. It's called being a Knicks fan," Josh explains. "I got to admit, Kevin as a player, I hated him more than anyone, because he was so good. He always killed us."
"It made me jealous of all the people who got to love Kevin as a player," Benny says of the film, which comes out Dec.