Unexpected turn: the basketball star began to shoot cartoons and write books for children
40-year-old basketball player Kobe Bryant, who is better known in the world under the nickname "The Black Mamba", surprised and puzzled fans.
Two years ago, the sportsman left professional basketball, said goodbye to records and victories and started a new life.
He decided to connect her with children and their education.
Now Kobe is working on the animated film "Kids". Each character in the animated story of Kobe came up with himself.
These are ordinary children with different characters - a bully, a loser, a leader, a smart guy, etc. But they all share the love of sport and the thirst for victory.
This year kobe was awarded an Oscar for his work on the short cartoon "Dear Basketball".
Now he intends to create a series of full-length tapes for children.
However, the animation of the basketball star does not consider the most important task of his life.
He started writing children's books and already in 2019, three novels are planned to be released, the heroes of which will be knights and wizards, who are also in love with sports.
During his sports career, Kobe experienced several serious injuries, and before leaving the sport he seriously thought about who would he like to be in history.
To himself, the champion answered this question - he would like that even after his departure the children were inspired by sports achievements. He decided to act on them through understandable forms - cartoons and books.
One of the books of the legendary basketball player has already become interested in Hollywood. There is information that Steven Spielberg himself expressed a desire to film one of the sportsman’s novels.