In fact, until the actual performance at the end, we don't see much of the very hands-on star of the show, which Collins says was a deliberate choice. All this despite having to do months of work on Zoom before finally getting together in person two weeks before the big game to run through the tightly scripted set. In one segment, their proud mom gushes about how she would be the happiest woman in the world if they were chosen to participate, then frets when she finds out the gig will require two weeks of unpaid toil. We also see the pair practicing on the basketball court and in the street outside their Tampa home, with their excited family joining in on the choreography.Ĭollins is proud that the film shows people doing jobs most viewers probably never knew existed, and that it chronicles how they become a gigantic extended family. In keeping with the doc's goal of pointing a spotlight on the people you don't typically meet, one of the most affecting storylines follows brothers Divine and Ezeugo Anozie, part of the massive volunteer cast of dancers who helped bring the show home with an elaborate dance routine. "The scariest part was the unknown because we didn't know where we would be in terms of COVID on Super Bowl Sunday, and we started developing this in September and October, so we just kept building and we had to be fluid and know we may have to adjust based on what was happening in the world at the last minute," says Collins of the show that was seen by nearly 100 million viewers around the world on Feb.
We watch as the team builds a 100,000-pound cityscape in the stands at Raymond James Stadium, as well as the 7,000 lightbulb "infinity land" space inside that set in order to work around the vexing inability to use the grass football pitch that the show is typically set up on. "It could be really inspirational to shine a light on them and show the world how this thing comes together," Collins - a veteran of the Grammys and Oscars - says about pulling back the curtain on the village it took to build one of the most elaborate, unusual sets in halftime history.
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that was the way it was presented, 'We're gonna really showcase the people behind that make the Super Bowl happen,'" Jesse Collins, executive producer of the Pepsi Super Bowl LV halftime show tells Billboard about the decision to up the ante and shoot a making-of movie in the midst of the already very challenging COVID-19-impacted production schedule. "When the opportunity presented itself to do this doc, I was excited about it because there is so much history behind the scenes.
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