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In 2018, Thompson stated she initially did not want the part, as the script required her to participate in two nude scenes, but Cruise persuaded the producers to drop one of the scenes and was naked with her in the remaining scene.

(His only notable film part at the time was in Taps in 1981 The Outsiders and Risky Business were yet to be released.) Cruise was similarly inserted into Greater Johnstown High School, but was recognized immediately. Actress Thompson was inserted as a new student at Ferndale Area High School for three days prior to shooting. The recently closed sixty-year-old high school ( 40☁9′18″N 78★5′18″W / 40.3217°N 78.9217°W / 40.3217 -78.9217), the former campus of Greater Johnstown High School, was used as the location of the film, along with Point Stadium. The production was filmed over seven weeks in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the early spring of 1983. Gary Morton of Lucille Ball Productions was executive producer. The film was produced by Stephen Deutsch, with Phillip Goldfarb as co-producer.

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He has accepted a coaching position on the West Coast at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and offers Stefen a full scholarship to play football there, which he accepts. Nickerson realizes he was wrong for blackballing Stefen.

Lisa decides to talk to Nickerson's wife to try to help. Stefen gets in an argument with Lisa, and his best friend Brian declines a scholarship offer to USC and plans to marry his pregnant girlfriend.įrustrated by what Nickerson did, Stefen angrily confronts his former coach which ends in a shouting match out in the street. From there, Stefen deals with personal battles, including dealing with the coach blackballing him among colleges because of his attitude and participation in the vandalism. Stefen is present and is a reluctant participant, but is nonetheless spotted by Nickerson as the vandals flee. In the aftermath, disgruntled Ampipe fans vandalize Coach Nickerson's house and yard. When Stefen retorts that the coach himself quit, the coach kicks him off the team. Following the game, Coach Vern Nickerson lambastes the fumbler in the locker room, telling him he 'quit' the game. In the big football game against the undefeated Walnut Heights High School, Ampipe appears headed to win the game, when a fumbled handoff in the closing seconds-as well as Stefen's pass interference penalty earlier in the game-lead to Walnut Heights' victory. Stef gets through his days with the love of his girlfriend, Lisa Lietzke, and his strong bond with his teammates. Ampipe is a company town whose economy is dominated by the town's main employer, American Pipe & Steel, a steel mill struggling through the downturn of the early 1980s recession. He dreams of becoming an electrical engineer right after he graduates from college. He is seeking a college football scholarship to escape the economically depressed small Western Pennsylvania town of Ampipe and a dead-end job and life working at the mill, just like his father and brother Greg. © 2022 Pittsburgh Steelers.Stefen 'Stef' Djordjevic is a Serbian American high school defensive back who is gifted in sports and is a B student academically.