Owen Wilson is a former pro golfer in the new sports comedy Stick .

The series premiered Wednesday on Apple TV+. It stars Wilson as Pryce Cahill, a man who hedges his future on a 17-year-old golfer he thinks may just be the next big thing.

Podcaster and actor Marc Maron also stars as Pryce’s best friend, Mitts. Maron tells ABC Audio he hadn’t met Wilson before starring alongside him in the show.

“We’re kind of the same age and we’ve both been through some stuff,” Maron said. “We’re just very different types of people and I think that the characters are not that unlike us.”

He wasn’t worried if they would get along or not, he just hoped they could play believable best friends.

“The only thing that was not known was whether or not we were going to be—to feel—emotionally connected

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