<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="338438" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lance">Lance</keyword>" director <keyword id="5132571" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Marina-Zenovich">Marina Zenovich</keyword> told Insider the part of the documentary that <keyword id="17998" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lance-Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</keyword> told her he didn't like.</li><li>The disgraced cyclist said he didn't like Greg LeMond's section of part 2 (which aired Sunday on <keyword id="56400" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ESPN">ESPN</keyword>).</li><li>In part 2, a quote from LeMond is shown saying that, "If Lance is clean, it is the greatest comeback in the history of sport. If he isn't, it would be the greatest fraud."</li><li>The doc then implies that Armstrong tried to sabotage LeMond's relationship with Trek bicycles.</li><li>"He doesn't think I represented the Greg LeMond section as truthfully as I could have," Zenovich told Insider of what Armstrong thought.</li><li>LeMond declined to be interviewed for "Lance."</li></ul>Unlike ESPN's "The Last Dance" docuseries in which director Jason Hehir had to navigate the notes and approvals of the NBA, Chicago Bulls, and Michael Jordan to bring to life an inside look on the 1990s Bulls dynasty, Marina Zenovich did not have such added challenges when making her ESPN doc on Lance Armstrong.For the two-part "Lance" documentary, Armstrong did not have any editorial control. But Zenovich did show him the finished product before it aired. And Armstrong voiced his disappointment with one part of it."He doesn't think I represented the Greg LeMond section as truthfully as I could have," Zenovich told Insider.Zenovich said she went to Austin in December and showed Armstrong and a small group of others the two-part documentary (the second part aired on Sunday night). Like any documentary subject, he enjoyed some things and didn't like others. But the standout was LeMond in part 2.<div type="image" title="Greg LeMond Dave Kotinsky Getty" height="845" width="1690" msid="76127409" hostid="261"></div>Before Armstrong won seven-straight Tour de France titles LeMond was considered the greatest American cyclist ever thanks to winning the Tour de France three times (after Armstrong admitted to doping, LeMond is back on that pedestal for many). In part 2 of "Lance," the doc touches on how LeMond criticized Armstrong in 2001 for training with Michele Ferrari, an Italian <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> trainer who was known in the cycling work for practicing blood doping."When Lance won the prologue to the 1999 Tour, I was close to tears," a quote from LeMond is shown in part 2. "When I heard he was working with Michele Ferrari, I was devastated. If Lance is clean, it is the greatest comeback in the history of sport. If he isn't, it would be the greatest fraud."The documentary then implies that Armstrong in retaliation tried to sabotage LeMond's relationship with Trek bicycles.Zenovich said Armstrong took issue with that part."There are still very specific things that I think still upset him," Zenovich said of Armstrong.Zenovich said LeMond declined to be interviewed for "Lance" so she had to use archival footage for that section of the story, but she said she sourced everything that's in the doc and is confident that everything presented is accurate."For some of these people they just want to move on, and for others, they don't," Zenovich said. "But I had to tell the whole story."Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/lance-armstrong-reveals-part-of-lance-he-does-not-like-2020-5">Insider</a>

Lance Armstrong does not like the Greg LeMond section of his ESPN documentary

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="338438" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lance">Lance</keyword>" director <keyword id="5132571" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Marina-Zenovich">Marina Zenovich</keyword> told Insider a little trick she used to get <keyword id="17998" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lance-Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</keyword> to open up for his <keyword id="56400" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ESPN">ESPN</keyword> documentary.</li><li>She said she would let Armstrong work out before interviewing him.</li><li>It seemed to work. In Sunday's part 1 alone, Armstrong admitted that he began doping at the age of 21.</li><li>He also said he doesn't rule out the possibility that his testicular cancer was due to taking growth hormone in 1996.</li></ul>In the 18 months director Marina Zenovich spent following Lance Armstrong around for the ESPN documentary "Lance," there was one truth she found out very quickly: You have to let Armstrong have a good workout before you can expect to get anything out of him in an interview."He needed to get it out," Zenovich told Insider. "If he didn't he would be antsy to go exercise."The last thing any director wants is a subject who is thinking of other things when being interviewed, and that's what Zenovich was confronted with in the early days of making the documentary."Lance" is a no-holds-barred examination of Lance Armstrong, one of the biggest fall from grace stories ever in <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword>.Armstrong won seven straight Tour de France races, through those years denying that he never used performance-enhancing drugs, only to finally admit that he had.As you can see in the first part of the two-part documentary that aired on Sunday, the documentary delves into some deep and personal aspects of the athlete's life — and Armstrong had to be willing to open up like never before to answer those questions.But Zenovich said it would not have been possible if she and her team hadn't allowed time in the production schedule for Armstrong to get a workout in before getting him on camera."It was almost like he couldn't focus completely until he had that major workout," Zenovich said. "We learned that and scheduled a workout."Whether it was to release nerves or just get less amped up, the pre-interview workouts did the trick, because Zenovich certainly got a lot out of Armstrong.In part 1 alone, the disgraced cyclist admitted that he began doping at the age of 21, and that he doesn't rule out the possibility that his testicular cancer was due to taking growth hormone in 1996.Anyone needs to be comfortable before delving this deep, and for Armstrong, it seems that to get there he needed to break a sweat first.Part 2 of "Lance" airs next Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/lance-armstrong-had-to-work-out-before-interviews-for-lance-2020-5">Insider</a>

Director of the Lance Armstrong ESPN documentary said the only way to get him to open up was to have him exercise before an interview

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In part 2 of "<keyword id="338438" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lance">Lance</keyword>," the <keyword id="56400" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ESPN">ESPN</keyword> documentary on <keyword id="17998" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lance-Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</keyword>, the disgraced cyclist cuts his finger while preparing dinner. It's a really deep cut.</li><li>The footage shows Armstrong bleeding as he and his fiancée Anna Hansen call a doctor friend to see if he should go to the hospital (the friend says to just wrap the finger tight).</li><li>"Lance" director Marina Zenovich told Insider she wanted to keep the footage in because she felt "people want to see him bleed."</li><li>She said the footage also shows that Armstrong struggles at doing things outside of athletics, which has been the main focus of his whole life.</li></ul>On Sunday night, the second and final part of ESPN's "Lance" documentary aired and in it we delved deeper into the rise and fall of cyclist Lance Armstrong. That includes looking at his current life.In one of the most shocking moments of the episode, director Marina Zenovich is filming Armstrong in his home as he helps his fiancée Anna Hansen prepare a salad for dinner. As he's struggling to peel cheese he cuts his finger. Really deep. He begins to bleed and the two even FaceTime with a friend who is a doctor to ask if Armstrong needs to go to the hospital. (The friend says to just wrap up the finger tightly).Zenovich told Insider that in the edit room there was a lot of discussion on if the cut finger footage should stay in the final version of the documentary or not."People wanted to take it out and I was just like, 'I love this because I think people want to see him bleed,' I literally said that," Zenovich said.<div type="image" title="Lance_bleed_ESPN" height="623" width="1344" msid="76127704" hostid="261"></div>Zenovich said her goal in making the documentary was to tell Armstrong's life in an honest way, but she was also well aware of the fact that he's a controversial figure. For years, Armstrong lied about doping while becoming the biggest pro cyclist in the world thanks to winning seven-straight Tour de France titles. Because of his wins and status as a cancer survivor, he wasn't just considered a hero to many but an inspiration. That is until <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2013/12/18/lessons-from-the-lance-armstrong-cheating-scandal/#1b9abaa16902">he admitted to doping</a>.<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/lancemadden/2012/10/19/sponsors-who-have-dropped-lance-armstrong-and-the-list-goes-on/#62a968322a91">Armstrong lost sponsorship deals</a> and was removed from the board of the Lance Armstrong Foundation (now the Livestrong Foundation). For some viewers, watching Armstrong cut his finger may feel like another small moment of karmic justice.Zenovich also pointed out that the scene also addresses something else: Armstrong's lack of understanding of things outside of cycling."In the footage, he's trying to help but he doesn't really know how to," she told Insider. "He doesn't know how to use a cheese peeler. That was so shocking. It's not in the movie, but one person I interviewed told me, 'Lance went into a wind tunnel as a teenager and came out a grownup.' His whole life all he's been geared towards is being an athlete."Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/lance-director-thought-people-want-to-see-lance-armstrong-bleed-2020-5">Insider</a>

Director of the Lance Armstrong documentary said she kept in the cut finger footage because she thought 'people want to see him bleed'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="338438" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lance">Lance</keyword>" director Marina Zenovich talked to Insider about the process to get the truth out of <keyword id="17998" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Lance-Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</keyword> while filming him for 18 months.</li><li>Zenovich believes the movie captures him at his most honest due to the moment in his life.</li><li>He had just settled a $5 million federal fraud case.</li><li>However, Zenovich said it was still a process to get everything out of the disgraced cyclist.</li><li>Part 1 of the 2-part "Lance" documentary airs on Sunday at 9pm ET.</li></ul>It has been seven years since Lance Armstrong sat down with Oprah Winfrey and admitted to the world that he had used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career.The aftermath was one of the biggest downfalls in <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> history, as pro cycling's biggest star who had won an unprecedented seven straight Tour de France titles was suddenly revealed to be a fraud.Within 48 hours of the Winfrey interview, all of Armstrong's endorsement deals were gone and he resigned from the Livestrong Foundation, the cancer survivor's renowned non-profit that provides support for people affected by cancer.However, in the career-spanning two-part <keyword id="56400" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="ESPN">ESPN</keyword> documentary "Lance" (episode 1 airs on Sunday), Armstrong said that he "wouldn't change a thing." It's just one of many shocking pronouncements made by Armstrong in the doc.But after years of lying to everyone should we believe anything he says now?<div type="image" title="Lance 3 Elizabeth Kreutz.JPG" height="825" width="1650" msid="75894267" hostid="261"></div>"Lance" director Marina Zenovich ("Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind") admits when she was offered the documentary by ESPN Films in January 2018 she wondered the same thing."My first thought was 'Why?'" Zenovich told Insider.However, after a conversation with VP and executive producer of ESPN Films Libby Geist, Zenovich was all in on the project. And in February 2018 she went to meet with Armstrong. Zenovich said Armstrong's sudden interest to be truthful about his past was evident in recent podcast interviews he had done and ESPN wanted Armstrong to talk like never before for their cameras while he was still in the mood to be open. Zenovich said her meet-up with Armstrong was brief but quickly showed that he would be great on camera.A month later, Zenovich and her crew were in a hotel suite just outside Washington, DC, preparing for the first in a series of interviews with Armstrong.He was already two hours late.<h2>Zenovich believes she got Armstrong at a moment in his life when he could be the most truthful</h2>Armstrong was in DC hashing out a settlement with the federal government, which claimed he defrauded it by using performance-enhancing drugs while on the US Postal Service's cycling team.Zenovich was all set for the first interview with Armstrong for the doc, which he agreed to do after a day of mediation with the feds in March of 2018 (in April of that year, it would <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/sports/cycling/lance-armstrong-postal-service.html">be reported</a> that Armstrong would pay $5 million to settle the federal fraud case).At 9 p.m., Armstrong finally emerged."He came out and we were set up to film in the car," Zenovich said. "We asked if we can do it in the car and that's what's in the doc of him talking about the case."With the federal case behind him, Zenovich could see that gradually Armstrong became more open to talk in their interviews."Despite the fact that he had to write a big check, it was over and I could feel him moving on," Zenovich said. "What I love about the film is that it captures a moment in time. I don't think he would be as open right now."<div type="image" title="Lance 2 Elizabeth Kreutz.JPG" height="2007" width="2676" msid="75894270" hostid="261"></div>"Lance" looks at the entire career of Lance Armstrong, from coming out of nowhere at 15-years-old competing in triathlons to being diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996 as he raised up the ranks of cycling, recovering, and winning the Tour de France from 1999 to 2005. The world saw him as an inspiration and he would become one of the most recognizable faces in the world, even being engaged to Sheryl Crow. But through all that the rumors about his doping were constant, and he always vehemently denied them. Until finally in 2012 the United States Anti-Doping Agency revealed that Armstrong was using PEDs throughout his career.Armstrong speaks candidly throughout "Lance," admitting that he began taking PEDs at 21, not hiding his hatred for Floyd Landis — a fellow cyclist who accused Armstrong and others of doping — and giving vivid insight on his colossal downfall.But despite all this great interview footage, Zenovich said she had to be vigilant of making sure Armstrong didn't spin the truth.<h2>Zenovich said she didn't stop until she would get honest answers out of Armstrong</h2>If there's one thing interviewers learn quickly about Lance Armstrong it's that though he gives compassionate answers, it's not always clear if he's giving honest ones.Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney experienced that first hand when he followed around Armstrong in 2009 during Armstrong's comeback to cycling only to be blindsided when Armstrong finally admitted to doping. The result is the 2013 doc "The Armstrong Lie" that looks back on Armstrong's bald-faced lies in front of Gibney during his comeback alongside more somber interviews he did with the filmmaker after the Oprah Winfrey interview."I watched 'The Armstrong Lie' the night before I met Lance," Zenovich said. "But a lot of time has passed since that and I felt I was going to get something that was different."But that didn't mean Zenovich wasn't on guard.<div type="image" title="Marina Zenovich Ilya S. Savenok Getty" height="1000" width="2000" msid="75894273" hostid="261"></div>She said the best way to show how Armstrong is in interviews is to just let the camera roll. In one exchange in "Lance," while Armstrong dances around a question you hear Zenovich say off-camera, "don't deflect.""I would try to let him reveal himself by his own behavior and then just keep pushing him for answers," she said.The result is a powerful two hours of television that uses archival footage of Armstrong's rise and fall mixed with interviews Zenovich did with Armstrong over 18 months where nothing was off-limits.Zenovich is confident the true Armstrong is captured in "Lance" because there's no reason for him to lie anymore."Though the fall was as horrible as it was, on some level it freed him," Zenovich said. "He says in the doc, 'I needed a nuclear meltdown,' and I think that's the only thing that could have pushed him to where he is now. He has a better relationship with his kids and his fiancée has been with him for 12 years now. I honestly believe he wouldn't change a thing."Watch the "Lance" trailer:<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YUsakV8RzZo" frameborder="0"></iframe>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/lance-director-lance-armstrong-finally-being-truthful-2020-5">Insider</a>

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