Rex talks movies & match-ups vs. Patriots

FOXBORO, MASS. -- Hard-pressed to begin Rex Ryan’s conference call on a newsy note, the Boston media couldn’t resist the urge to ask the chatty head coach about his role as a diehard, Belichick-bobblehead-toting Patriots fan in Adam Sandler’s upcoming film rumored to be titled, “I Hate You, Dad.”

“Initially I went in there and only had one line, but I dominated so much that they gave me several lines,” the affable Ryan joked. “As far as you guys know, that’s what happened. It was a lot of fun. They did have a billboard up there in the Boston area and I thought that could be trouble, so hopefully they took it down right after.”

Ryan said it was “a stretch” to play a Boston fan devoted to the Red Sox and Bill Belichick’s genius. “They had Red Sox stuff in there, Patriots stuff all over the place, they even had Bruins stuff in there. And quite honestly, I’m not a fan of any of those teams,” he said with a laugh. “But it was good though.”

Luckily, Ryan didn't draw his acting inspiration from Belichick’s cameo in the TV show “Rescue Me.”

“Maybe Jim Brown in the ‘Dirty Dozen’ or something," he said. "I thought he was tremendous."

And in case u were wondering what happened to the Belichick bobblehead movie prop....

“I think it got knocked over somehow and it broke into several pieces,” Ryan said. “No, I’m just kidding.”

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Now onto the football stuff...