John Corbett opened up about connecting with John O’Leary‘s late father before his death while portraying him in Soul on Fire.

“I really feel like I got to know him a little bit, and then I would have to go over here 10 feet and be him in a scene, knowing he was watching me on a monitor,” Corbett, 64, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, October 1, while promoting his new film, Soul on Fire, which hits theaters next week. “I got used to that pretty quick, but it was a little nerve-racking, because I wanted to do a good job for them.”

In the film, Corbett portrays O’Leary’s father, Dennis, while Joel Courtney plays the iconic motivational speaker. Dennis battled Parkinson’s for three decades until his death in May. He was 80 years old.

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