Rob Gronkowski had only nice things to say about his “80 for Brady” costar Sally Field.
The previous football player, 33, opened up about how the “Forrest Gump” star, 76, had palpable charisma on set.
“She walked around with the swagger of a 30-, 40-year-old,” Gronkowski revealed to People, and added that it’s “inspiring to see someone who’s been through all of it … still having fun with [life].”
“Sally Field was an inspiration, just how on top of it she still is,” he went on.
The Gronk added: “She will be able to just project and have charisma right on the spot, and you may tell why she’s been on top of her game throughout her whole entire life.”
The ex-Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end appears within the sports comedy film as a fictionalized version of himself.
The flick stars Field in addition to icons Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin as 4 friends who travel across the country to see their favorite football player: Tom Brady (who also just announced his retirement).
Although Gronkowski shared a majority of his scenes with Fonda, 85, he said he still found the opposite screen legends a delight to work with.
He noted: “They were just great people. Just so right down to earth and so friendly, and just loads of fun on set and in addition off the set.”
The NFL star also divulged that he “wasn’t intimidated that much” by the ladies and touched upon their professionalism. “How they delivered their lines and just how they were acting was just surreal. They were on top of their games,” he said.
He even took photos with them and sent them to his mom and a couple of of his friends’ moms.
“They were just mind-blown that I used to be working with them,” he said. “That was pretty cool.”
“80 for Brady” has a plethora of famous cameos, including Brady himself, in addition to Billy Porter, Guy Fieri, Harry Hamlin, Retta, and former Latest England Patriots players Danny Amendola and Julian Edelman.
In a separate “People” interview, Field spoke about how Brady, 45, was “so nervous” to be on the movie’s set.
“He was lovely,” she said. “He just was Tom Brady. He was a totally lovely human.”
“He told me, ‘I’m so nervous.’ He felt like he didn’t know where to place his feet. But he was a natural,” the “Steel Mongolias” actress added. “Athletes get the identical type of adrenaline, except most actors aren’t apprehensive that their limbs can be ripped off.”