Corenswet Embodies Underdog “Mr. Irrelevant” in Film’s First Trailer

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David Corenswet is trading in the suits as he migrates from the Man of Steel to Mr. Irrelevant, John Tuggle, in an underdog story primed for a holiday run.

Paramount and Skydance Sports have just unveiled the first trailer for Jonathan Levine’s biopic about the late New York Giants running back.  The film, a heartbreaking story of love, power, and courage, recounts the final months of Tuggle’s life before his untimely death from cancer at the age of 25, just three years after he was selected last in the 1983 NFL Draft.

Tuggle’s story is one for the ages.  He worked to defy expectations on and off the field, impressing then-first-year head coach Bill Parcells (Michael Shannon), defying the odds to earn a spot on the final roster, and becoming a part of a legacy program within the National Football League.  Through it all, he showed that hope, perseverance, and faith can carry us through as he worked to process, battle, and overcome life’s greatest challenges.

Mr. Irrelevant co-stars Isabel May, David Krumholtz, Twain Barrett, Thaddeus LaGrone, Alexander England, Spencer House, and Tandi Wright. Written by Nick Santora, the film hits theaters—and your heartstrings—on Christmas Day.

Until then, check out the trailer below. (Warning: tissues are likely required.)

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I owe this hobby/career to the one and only Stephanie Peterman who, while interning at Fox, told me that I had too many opinions and irrelevant information to keep it all bottled up inside. I survived my first rated R film, Alive, at the ripe age of 8, it took me months to grasp the fact that Julia Roberts actually died at the end of Steel Magnolias, and I might be the only person alive who actually enjoyed Sorority Row…for its comedic value of course. While my friends can drink you under the table, I can outwatch you when it comes iconic, yet horrid 80s films like Adventures in Babysitting and Troop Beverly Hills. I have no shame when it comes to what I like, and if you have a problem with that, then we’ll settle it on the racquetball court. I see too many movies to actually win any film trivia contest, so don’t waste your first pick on me. My friends rent movies from my bookcase shelves, and one day I do plan to start charging. I long to live in LA, where my movie obsession will actually help me fit in, but for now I am content with my home in Austin. I prefer indies to blockbusters, Longhorns to Sooners and Halloween to Friday the 13th. I miss the classics, as well as John Ritter, and I hope to one day sit down and interview the amazing Kate Winslet.