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Here's out first look at Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams in first time director Robert Lorenz's film Trouble With the Curve. Eastwood is strictly acting in this movie, and it's the first movie in almost 20 years where he acted under the direction of another director.
The story follows an aging baseball scout with vision problems named Gus. His daughter Mickey (Adams), reluctantly agrees to be his eyes on a crucial recruiting trip. Lorenz had this to say abut the story,
He gets his chance to prove whether he still has value as a scout—and as a dad. They’re having trouble communicating. They always have, and now they’ve come to a point in the relationship where it’s either going to change or it’s not. He needs a little help, and she decides it’s worth the effort.
John Goodman plays a character named Pete Klein, Gus’ boss in the Braves clubhouse. He's the one that urges Mickey to help her father.
He recognizes that Gus is at risk of losing his job. There are younger people at the organization who think it’s time for new blood. Gus is old school, and they want to move him out.
Justin Timberlake also has a role in the movie as a rival young scout named Johnny who likes and respect Gus. Lorenz explains, “They’re friendly. When Johnny was a ballplayer, Gus scouted him.” Johnny is there to kind of help smooth things out between the father and daughter. “At every moment she’s ready to throw it in, Justin’s character is there to sort of remind her of the value of continuing to pursue their relationship,”
