Tony Hawk in this film


To me it seems Hawk or his people realized what being strongly connected to Gator could do to his public image. The Hawk interviews seemed rushed and Hawk tries to distance himself from Gator, but a lot of people seem to make it seem like they are alot closer than he wants to let on... oh well, I could be reading too much into it, but that's what comes across to me.

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I agree the Hawk interview seemed rushed. I think it would be only natural to try to distance yourself from someone that committed such a horrible crime but I think another factor is all the time that has gone by from when they were skating together to when the movie was being filmed.

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I always had the impression that they were really good friends back in the day from what I heard.

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I agree. The fact that he did the interview in his driveway gave the impression that he agreed to talk to Helen but probably only gave her 10 minutes. I'm sure they were friends but between the passage of time and Gator's crime I'm sure Hawk thinks very little of Gator anymore.

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