VIDEO : What Chris Messina Had to Do to Get Don Johnson to Be In His Movie

When Chris Messina was casting his feature film directorial debut Alex of Venice , he only had one person in mind to play the stoner grandfather? Don Johnson . Messina said "I went up north where he lives and he took me to his son's basketball game," And I pretended I cared, I'd watch the game and I'd be like, 'He's really good. Now, do you want to do the movie?' It took some convincing, but Fortunately, the Miami Vice icon eventually signed on.??