It's been said that Costner communicates an easygoing Gary Cooper quality onscreen, but Shelton disagrees. I don't think he is like Cooper. He's more like Steve McQueen. I like him with his hair messed up and wearing a beer-stained shirt. I allow him to have the heroic aspirations but play the guy on the fringe more than in the middle.
Sports is just a backdrop, it's a stage.
They're like my versions of westerns. If they're good movies, that's all that matters. I'm proud of that movie and not sure why it so polarized critics. It's supposed to make you feel uncomfortable. On the filmmaking front, next on deck for Shelton could be a movie about boxing, which actually is the sport he follows closer than any other.