Over the course of the past week, Brad Long has been inundated with interview requests from a multitude of state and national media sources eliciting his reaction to the death of legendary actor Gene Hackman, whose body was found at his Santa Fe home on Feb. 26.
“It has been a little crazy with newspapers, television and radio reaching out to me,” said Long, who played Hickory Husker player Buddy to Hackman’s coach Norman Dale in the movie “Hoosiers.”
“I see Gene approaching heaven and St. Peter saying, ‘I know you,’” said Brad. “I see Gene responding, ‘Yeah, Yeah, I know ‘Popeye’ Doyle, Lex Luther and St. Peter saying, ‘No, no, ‘You’re Norman Dale.’”
Gene Hackman would probably never admit it; but maybe he really was.
