Home Team: The Real Sean Payton's Cameo Explained
The latest offering from Happy Madison Productions, Home Team, features a surprise cameo from its real-life subject, Sean Payton. Directed by Charles and Daniel Kinnane from a script written by Chris Titone and Keith Blum, the new movie features an all-star comedy cast of Adam Sandler's famous friends, including Kevin James, Rob Schneider, Taylor Lautner, and Saturday Night Live star Chloe Fineman. Home Team adapts the real-life story of New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, who coached his 12-year-old son’s football team during his year-long suspension from the National Football League.
Sean Payton faced his suspension in the wake of the “Bountygate” scandal, in which several members of the New Orleans Saints were found to have been paying illicit bounties to injure members of opponent teams. Many players faced serious consequences when the scandal was uncovered in 2009, and Payton was suspended from coaching professional football for one year for his failure to stop the underground activities. The film covers that year-long period, in which Payton found continued fulfillment in coaching football for children and bonding with his son.
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If devoted NFL fans look carefully, they’ll catch a glimpse of the real Sean Payton in the movie. He makes a brief cameo appearance in the movie’s final moments as Lionel, a janitor at the New Orleans Saints training facility who warmly welcomes movie-Sean (Kevin James) back to work at the end of his one-year suspension. The moment only lasts about twenty seconds, but it offers audiences a sentimental moment of reflection on what Payton has learned, and where his career will lead him in the future.
Sean Payton’s cameo as Lionel
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