Deco catches up with Apple TV+ ‘The Dink’ cast as the film brings pickleball to the screen

Pickleball has made it off the court and onto your TV screens. “The Dink” is a sports comedy with drama and some romance. You can stream on Apple TV now. But last week, I interviewed the cast in the Big Apple, where we tried to stay out of the kitchen.

Pickleball isn’t just taking over tennis courts everywhere.

It’s also taking on Apple TV and the new sports comedy The Dink, starring Jake Johnson and Mary Steenburgen as unlikely friends, or maybe more.

Alex Miranda: “What is the deal with this sport? People play it one time, and they become obsessed.”

Jake Johnson: “We had this in the 80s with the crack cocaine epidemic, but this is the next one.”

Alex Miranda: “They mirror each other.”

Jake Johnson: “They mirror them. If you do this once, you’re hooked.”

Alex Miranda: “You’ve got to do another movie, like Cocaine Bear. Cocaine Pickle Pockets.”

Jake Johnson: “Yes. That would be very funny.”

Mary Steenburgen: “My son gave m...