So smooth is his skin on screen that it seems it must be made from some sturdy space-age material. In one scene in The Replacements , he furrows his brow in thought. The heavies of course are the strikers. There's a deaf kid, too.
Reeves plays the quarterback, a collegiate star who dropped from sight after choking in a bowl game.
The prima donna quarterback in particular has nothing better to do than lead a bunch of his spoiled teammates all over town, hounding the going-nowhere nobodies who replaced them. The QB even makes fun of the deaf guy. Gosh, he's mean. It's a convincing argument that the game would be better off if the owners shunned the best players and just kept all the TV money for themselves. Orlando Jones, Jon Favreau and Rhys Ifans, as replacement players, give their all playing to the cheap seats.