"Varsity Blues" is funny, moving and wonderfully acted. He has a good locker room speech at the end of the movie. But he likes football, has fun with it and simply wants to play a good, honest game. Then James Van Der Beek comes along, and his character is not really concerned with winning or playing football in the first place. And I'm sure there are coaches out there who have that selfish goal. If he has to shoot drugs into every one of his players, he's going to arrive at that goal. And he doesn't care how he gets to that goal. Voight's character has only one goal: winning. The film dabbles with elements of the sport that probably hit home to some high school football players.
He's the kind of character you want to stab in the chest every minute he's on screen, and Voight was a perfect choice. Jon Voight is absolutely terrific as the no-nonsense coach. You have a pretty good idea how it's going to end up, but it's the way it's executed that makes it special. It's more of a compelling comedy-drama about football that delivers a fine message about sportsmanship. True, "Varsity Blues" has those standard teen elements like wild drinking parties, the school slut, etc. I think I'll pass on that." Well, I went into the theater not thinking it was going to be bad, but I expected more of an amusing film that isn't really high on ingenuity.
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According to Entertainment Weekly, he was working on a coming-of-age movie entitled Racing Legacy in his final days.If someone checks out the trailer, one might think, "Another MTV-produced teen flick. His first on-screen role was a Formula 409 commercial.
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The Georgia native was the son of a truck driver and artist. Lester was very close with his mother, who passed away from Ovarian cancer, and spent a majority of his time volunteering for organizations in her honor. tours to Europe and the Middle East where he met with troops and was named a “Jedi Pimp” by the military crew and staff aboard the USS Constellation.” He was also involved in a number of charities, many of which were associated with children and cancer. Stay up to date with the film at Also on imdb at: /title/tt1493243/ T20:39:26.000ZĪccording to his website, Lester had an “unswerving commitment to the US Armed Forces and has completed several U.S.O.
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Ron Lester of "The Fat Boy Chronicles" Ron Lester is interviewed on the popular TV show "The Doctors" on CBS about his weight loss and his new film "The Fat Boy Chronicles." Travis Stork of "The Bachelor" and now the TV show host of "The Doctors" interviews Ron. He Completed Several Tours to Europe and the Middle East … I would never trade the life I have now with… the endless opportunities I have in store for me, with my old life.ĥ. The difference is that I am no longer the ‘funny fat guy’. Body Building writes, “This procedure was not only life changing, but also life-saving for the former heavyset actor.”Īfter losing the weight, Lester told the website,
Fortunately, the operation ended up being a success, and helped the actor lose a total of 349 pounds in under two years. At the time, the operation was relatively experimental, and Lester ended up having a complication during the surgery when he flatlined on the operating table. Ron Lester, the actor best known for playing Billy Bob in Varsity Blues, died Friday evening of liver and kidney failure, his agent Dave Bradley confirmed to EW.He was 45 years old. He was told shortly thereafter that he qualified for the procedure, and on December 21, 2000, he underwent the surgery. In 2001, he weighed 508 pounds, and decided to visit a top surgeon in New York City to discuss the possibility of undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery. Lester was best known as the heavy Billy Bob in Varsity Blues, a role he parodied in Not Another Teen Movie. Tonight my friends we lost my good friend and actor Ron Lester He passed at 8:57 pm Dallas TX Time. Lester’s struggle with obesity began at just five-years-old. Ron Lester, the 45-year-old actor who is better known as Billy Bob from Varsity Blues, has passed away from reported liver and kidney failure.