‘Him’ Star Marlon Wayans on Sports, Success and Sacrifice: ‘Everybody Wants to Be Great, and Everyone Is Willing to Sacrifice Up to a Point’

Donning jerseys, foam fingers and face paint, rowdy fans of the fictitious San Antonio Saviors football team lined Hollywood Boulevard in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Sept. 17, intermittently chanting “Isaiah is the GOAT” and “Him! Him! Him!” The fanatical masses were there for the premiere of “Him,” a sports horror thriller about the Saviors’ greatest-of-all-time quarterback Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans) and the dark deal he forges with his successor, Cam Cade (Tyriq Withers).

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