Bobby Kotickâs cameo in Moneyball, even after it was confirmed by Activision, remained quite the WTF mystery of June. Why was he appearing as the Oakland Aâs owner in a sports flick? Did he know Brad Pitt? Did he know the director? Was this some hint at a Call of Duty movie?
Hereâs how Kotick tells it.
We were having dinner and Bennett was talking about Moneyball and he asked me a little bit about an ownerâs psychology and what an owner would be like. I started reading the script and I said, I really think the words donât capture how an owner would react to this part of the conversation. I also loved Michael Lewisâ book Moneyball . We were having this back and forth and Bennett said âwhy donât you do it? It would make the role very authentic.â And I said, âI will, but only if you made my Call of Duty endowment movie.â
Kotick says he does not get a credit in the film and âyouâll never see me acting again.â
How Bobby Kotick ended up alongside Brad Pitt in âMoneyballâ [Reuters]
