Pelé was so great the Argentine said Cesar Luis Menotti in a documentary about Lionel Messiif you talk to the Brazilian about football, you have to cross him off the list because “is from another planet“.
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg looked at him with the same admiration that promised the three-time world champion the earth’s only natural satellite: the moon.
After completing his cycle at Santos in Brazil, Pelé came to New York to join the Cosmos in 1975, but adapting to a new environment has not been easy for the soccer star.
“I met so many musicians, actors and celebrities that it was impossible to remember them all,” wrote Edson Arantes do Nascimento in his book Pelé the Autobiography.
The Brazilian’s hectic schedule has included parties with Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger and Rod Stewart to dinners with Woody Allen. The star who shone brightest in the sports world rubbed shoulders with the great artists of the American show.
His name was even on the guest list of Michael Jackson to celebrate her 18 and 19 years, and Andy Warhol painted her portrait.
The promise Spielberg couldn’t keep to Pele
“Once I bumped into Steven Spielberg in a restaurant and he said: I’m going to make a movie where you play soccer on the moonbecause that’s the only place you haven’t played,” he recalled. pele about the broken promise.
“Another time, when I arrived at the Warner offices in Rockefeller Center, I accidentally caused a huge commotion with people wanting my autograph and shouting my name. I got on the elevator with another man. Then he turned to me and I saw it was Robert Rotford.”
– “Nobody gave me the slightest attention!” the actor said to Pelé, admitting the jealousy he felt for his fame, but then he burst out laughing. (With information from EFE)
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