An intimate portrait of an american legend, back on board greg louganis, is a featurelength documentary that tells the life story of this fourtime olympic. This mario lopez lookalike came out in 1994 as openly gay, and later revealed that he was hivpositive. In 2011, he is far from the public eye and struggling to pay his mortgage. He recently starred in the usa network series pacific blue, portraying police officer bobby cruz and impressed critics, garnering two acting nominations, as the goldmedal swimmer greg louganis, in the usa network movie oftheweek breaking the surface. Produced in california, hes generally known to the people due to his appearance on saved by the bell and additionally in the next part of it. The greg louganis story 1997 bullied as a child and misunderstood by his adoptive father michael murphy, greg louganis mario lopez nevertheless trains hard as a. The greg louganis story with mario lopez playing the lead and louganis narrating. Louganis as an adult, is a fair enough lookalike, but. One could easily believe that mario lopez really was greg louganis. Considered the greatest diver in history, greg louganis is the only male to win gold medals on both 3 meter springboard and 10 meter platform in consecutive olympic games 1984, 1988. In 2015, hbo released the documentary greg louganis. For about three years, olympic diving champion greg louganis opened his home and memory bank to documentarians interested in introducing a new generation of sports and movie fans to his story. The made for television drama stars mario lopez as the sexy and determined diver with a less than perfect background.
Splashing into the water greg begins to have flashbacks. Mario lopez, jr is an american actor known for portraying the role of a. Among the very famous people in the entertainment industry mario lopez net worth has been declared to reach 9 million dollars. Based on the book of the same name, breaking the surface. Mario lopez, michael murphy, rosemary dunsmore, jeffrey meek.
Mario lopezs acting ability is incredible and plays greg louganis with such sensitivity and emotion. Breaking the surface is about the tough times greg louganis had on his way to becoming one of the worlds top olympic divers. Sims, of arya worldwide entertainment, are in development on a feature film of louganis life. The greg lougains story where he played the lead gave the actor a big career boost and also led to his nomination for the alma award. Actortv personality mario lopez is ready to give his lgbt fans something extra. Now, with the help of loeb and loeb, and lead attorney and partner irwin. Greg louganis feature biopic in development at arya. Mario lopez 1 episode, 2020 the expanding universe of ashley garcia tv series 2020 nico 5 episodes, 2020 saved by the bell. Louganiss memoir breaking the surface was adapted as the 1997 usa network tv movie breaking the surface. The following year, he was cast as bobby cruz in the usa network series pacific blue for two seasons before it was cancelled after the fifth season.
Greg louganis film depicts gay rape, while malekissing. The greg louganis story is a 1997 television film about. Mario lopez, michael murphy, jeffrey meek, rosemary dunsmore, aki aleong, patrick david, rafael rojas iii y andrew francis. With mario lopez, michael murphy, jeffrey meek, rosemary dunsmore. Especially zentai, superhero, swimsuit, speedo etc. Louganiss 1984 and 1988 olympic victories were covered in bud greenspans documentaries about the 1984 and 1988 summer olympics, both titled 16 days of glory.
Breaking the surface is about the tough times greg louganis had on his way to. The greg louganis story this was a made for tv movie. In seoul, 1988, greg louganis played by mario lopez hits the diving board. Featurelength documentary about the greatest diver of all time.
Greg louganis is photographed during servus tvs sport and talk at the hangar7 in salzburg, austria on august 20, 2018. Back on board film presents greg louganis, the man behind the sports. A usa tv movie about breaking the surface aired in 1996 and starred mario lopez. A trained actor, dancer, model and spokesman, gregs wide repertoire of skills keeps him in demand and in the public eye. This was the film story of greg louganis personal great achievements as an olympic diver and of the struggle to reach that goal with all of the highs, lows and heartbreak of his personal life. In 1997, lopez starred as olympic diver greg louganis in the television movie breaking the surface. The story of olympic diver greg louganis played by mario lopez. The greg louganis story could have been made into a bigbudget motion picture, but even in this era, hollywood still seems to be unwilling and sheepish of telling a true story about an adult male with an alternative lifestyle who unwillingly gets hivaids. Greg louganis, the olympic diving champion, legend and humanitarian, and his manager, greg. Buoyed by his supportive fan base, lopez then went on to pursue a wide variety of projects, playing olympic diving champion greg louganis in the tv movie. The actor has always been popular for his charisma and youth oriented jock roles and his 2016 portrayal as vince fontaine in. But since he wrote breaking the surface in 1995, greg louganis has become famous for things other than hitting his head.
Back on the board which went on to earn an emmy nomination. Mario lopez did a creditable job as greg louganis and his performance stayed faithful to the book. Fourtime olympic champion greg louganis has faced more than his share of challenges. Mario lopez es mario lopez, no necesita descripcion. The story of olympic diver greg louganis played by mario lopez, from his life as a teenager to the fallout from his dramatic high dive accident.
Some topics discussed were gregs childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the hiv virus. Lopez is teaming up once again with mark roberts and lorena david. Greg louganis feature film in development about olympic. No one knows more about ups and downs than a professional diver, and louganis had his.
Greg louganis, out of the water the new york times. The 1997 television film based on olympic diver greg louganis, break the surface. The greg louganis story tv movie 1997 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. The greg louganis story is an autobiographical account of greg louganis rise to olympic stardom. Film revisits olympian greg louganis life des moines register. Spectacular diving footage of greg louganis at the 84 summer games by legendary olympic filmmaker bud greenspan. Mario was born in san diego to elvia who worked as a telephone clerk and mario michael lopez, sr. Greg louganis film depicts gay rape, while malekissing scenes still taboo. But a usa network movie based on the book is still treating any. Mario lopez nude 28 images and 7 videos including scenes from niptuck journey. With david boudia, jimmy carter, sergei chalibashvili, mary ellen clark. Louganis managed to sell his house and end up debtfree with enough left over to pay for his wedding with.