Next Goal Wins is a dramatization of the real-life story told in the documentary of the same name, following the World Cup aspirations of the American Samoa soccer team a decade ago. In the new movie, Michael Fassbender plays the team’s coach, Thomas Rongen, who is tasked with bringing the team respectability after a long, long history of losing. Fassbender said that he’d always wanted to work with the film’s Oscar-winning writer and director, Taika Waititi, and that he didn’t feel constrained by the real-life Rongen as he tried to develop the character himself. (Click on the media bar below to hear Michael Fassbender)
![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2023/11/18/michael-fassbender-realizes-his-goal-of-working-with-taika-waititi/&media=https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/030_042_NGW_01522-scaled.jpg&description=For a long time, Michael Fassbender has wanted to work with Oscar-winning writer/director Taika Waititi. With "Next Goal Wins," he's finally getting that opportunity.){kind=link}