Sometime between retiring as an NFL player and shooting his first big movie role as an actor, former Eagle defensive back Nnamdi Asomugah spent a few weeks as a process server in the outer boroughs of New York City.
He didn’t need the money, but he did need the experience. The work helped him prepare for his role in Crown Heights, opening Friday, the true story of Carl King (Asomugah) a Trinidadian immigrant who sees his buddy, Colin Warner, wrongly convicted of murder, and spends a super-human 20 years working the legal system to find an angle to free his friend.