Vince Papale Talks About New Show On 94WIP
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Vince Papale continues to tell his story.
Papale, 70, will re-tell his story in a new show called Invincible: The True Story. Papale essentially walked onto the Philadelphia Eagles as a 30-year-old bartender, and 11 years after the movie Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg was released, Papale's story is back.
Listen: Vince Papale on the 94WIP Morning Show
"You're going to see everybody from my high school George Corner, who was my mentor and my guiding light when I was younger," Papale told the 94WIP Morning Show about his new show. "You're gonna see interviews with the real guys -- Tommy, Petey, and Johnny in the movie. Of course, Coach [Dick] Vermeil is gonna be there. Great interview with Mark Wahlberg.
"I went all the way back to Glenolden in a house where I grew up, and we knocked on the door and there were people there. And they actually let me in the house that hasn't changed in, I can't tell you in how many years. I haven't been in that house since I moved out, I don't know when I was playing. So for thirty years, 1976. Has not changed one bit. It was a very emotional experience."
Papale says the best thing to come out of the 2006 film is simply the conversations and appreciation he gets from the fans.
"Obviously from a financial point view," Papale said of the movie Invincible. "People will find it funny, I don't get any residuals, but I do pretty well in the speaking tours. It's just getting out and meeting people and their reaction."
