Ben Johnson and Shamier Anderson talk 'Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story' - Interview

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Ben Johnson and Shamier Anderson, who plays the title role in Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story, talk about how the comedy series came to be and how funny the tongue-in-cheek scenes were to play. Ben reveals what he loves about Canada, while Shamier discusses how he landed the role and what kind of training went into it. Originally from Scarborough, Shamier discusses what he loved most about being back in Canada, who cracked up the most on the set and what he enjoyed the most about having so many comedians on set.

Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story is now streaming on Paramount+, GameTV and GameTVGO.