Former Kansas men’s basketball coach Ted Owens, whose 2013 book, “At the Hang Up,” is being made into a movie, is waiting patiently for the hiring of an actor to portray him.
“Hopefully it will be one of the really good, hot young actors,” said Owens, an 87-year-old Tulsa resident, with a laugh during a phone interview with The Star. “He has to really like the role and then has to be affordable.”
Famed casting director Bonnie Timmermann — who has been credited with helping spark the careers of Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis, among others — is looking for a 30- to 40-something actor to play the 27-year-old version of Owens.