Pat McAfee Criticized for Drill Instructor Role in Netflix’s “The Mosquito Bowl”
Fans criticized former NFL player Pat McAfee after a Netflix clip showed him portraying a Marine drill instructor in the World War II-era film “The Mosquito Bowl,” which is set around a 1944 football game on Guadalcanal. The film, directed by Peter Berg, dramatizes the historic 1944 Guadalcanal football match and follows the players’ subsequent wartime service. It debuted at the AFI Fest, received mixed reviews for thin character development, and is scheduled to open in theaters later this month before streaming on Netflix in November.