{
  "id": 18329502,
  "title": "‘The Greatest’ Creator Ben Watkins Cast Muhammad Ali by Putting His Final Four in the Ring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/the-greatest-creator-ben-watkins-cast-muhammad-ali-by-putting-his",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T15:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
    "slug": "the-hollywood-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-greatest-ben-watkins-casting-muhammad-ali-interview-1236747835/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The writer and director hired Jaalen Best as the lead of his Prime Video series after seeing how he fared in the gym with his competition: \"In my mind, Muhammad Ali would walk in there and say 'I got this.' I wanted to see who had that quality.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}