“For Greatness Code, which is now streaming on Apple TV+, director Gotham Chopra asked seven athletes—which include James, Tom Brady, and Alex Morgan—to talk beat-for-beat through their most defining career moments. Their answers aren’t what you’d think, so don’t expect Brady to swoon over his 28-3 Super Bowl comeback. In Greatness Code’s seven episodes, which run about six to eight minutes long, Chopra puts together a documentary series that tells us more about the modern athlete than any 10-hour-long counterpart you could name. Chopra, who directed the reflective 2015 documentary, Kobe Bryant’s Muse, finds greats like Katie Ledecky and Kelly Slater at their most reflective in Greatness Code—and the result is a hell of a story collection.
Greatness Code isn’t all talking heads, either—Chopra and animation director Lauren Fisher teamed up to illustrate the stories in each episode. Words will do absolutely no justice to it, but Greatness Code feels like something you’d rather watch in the planetarium at your local science center. Doesn’t feel right calling Greatness Code a TV show, either—it’s more of an experience paired best with your hallucinogen of choice. Usain Bolt says he ran like a bat out of hell? Bats, flying at your face. Shaun White compares his Olympic trial run to storming Mordor? The Eye of Sauron, looming behind a superpipe. (Prepare yourself for a rendering of Michael Phelps as an actual goat.) Audio: Whooshes and wubs and booms that are definitely not meant for my dinky laptop speakers.”
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a33254052/gotham-chopra-interview-greatness-code/
