Skin It was so big that, according to the Argentine Cesar Luis Menotti in a documentary regarding Lionel Messiwhen you talk regarding soccer to the Brazilian you have to take him off the list, because “is from another planet“.
The filmmaker viewed it with the same admiration Steven Spielbergwhich promised the three-time world champion the only natural satellite of the Earth: the moon.
After completing his cycle at Santos in Brazil, Pelé arrived in New York to join the Cosmos in 1975, but adapting to a new environment was not 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 Pele’s Autobiography.
The Brazilian’s hectic schedule included parties with Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger and Rod Stewart, to dinners with Woody Allen. The star that shone the brightest in the sports world rubbed shoulders with the great artists of the American show.
His name was even fixed on the guest list of Michael Jackson to celebrate her 18 and 19 years, and Andy Warhol painted her portrait.
The promise that Spielberg might not keep to Pelé
“I once met by chance Steven Spielberg in a restaurant and told me: I’m going to make a film with you playing soccer on the moonbecause that’s the only place where you haven’t played yet,” he recalled. Skin regarding the broken promise.
“Another time I was arriving at the Warner offices at Rockefeller Center and I accidentally caused a huge commotion with people wanting my autograph and yelling my name. I got into the elevator with another man. Then he turned to me and I saw it was Robert Redford.”
– “Nobody paid me the slightest attention!”, the actor told Pelé, admitting the jealousy he felt for his fame, but then he burst out laughing. (With information from EFE)
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