Andy Roddick Makes Acting Debut in ‘The Dink’: ‘He’s Always Funny, but He’s on Another Level in This Movie,’ Says Star Jake Johnson

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Andy Roddick makes his acting debut playing a version of himself in the new pickleball sports comedy “The Dink.”

The film’s star Jake Johnson and the tennis champion had appeared on each other’s podcasts prior to making the movie.

“He’s always funny, but he’s on another level in this movie,” Johnson told me at “The Dink” premiere on Monday. “We almost cast like a comedic actor to pretend to be an athlete, and we gambled and cast Andy and he crushes it.”

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