I saw one interview on one of those entertainment shows where they were speaking to Maitreyi and they were like, 'Have you ever thought about who you'd like as narrator?' And I'm like, 'Why the hell are they saying that?' She didn't respond with something like: 'Yes, I want Michelle Pfeiffer or I want Mindy Kaling to do it.' I suppose, as you get older, at least with me, you learn to appreciate things more. I've always believed in the theory it's better to try and fail than not try at all. I like to try to do things that get you out of your comfort zone a little bit. I didn't realize until I got into it - I was, like wait a minute: I'm in the head of a high school girl who's Indian American? And I'm supposed to be like her uncle, as well as her psychiatrist, as well as a few other things? And there's a lot of lines? I was happy because I've done a lot of cameos over the years, are fun, but this one seemed like I was actually, in a way, part of the cast. And I was at this gallery that sold tapestries and I saw one that I like so I went in and asked, 'How much is that tapestry?' And they go, 'Are you John McEnroe? I recognize your voice.' So I wore this Jimi Hendrix-type wig and a beard. Over the years, people have said to me often: 'Oh, I recognize your voice.' Years ago, when I was probably 25, I was fed up with being recognized - I know that's sounds terrible - but I wanted to just walk down Fifth Avenue. (“I remember him being friendly and confused,” Kaling says.) Kaling approached McEnroe at a post-Oscars Vanity Fair bash, vaguely pitching the tennis great, whom she’d grown up watching, on the idea of narrating a new series she was working on. (It becomes less peculiar after it's revealed that Devi's late father was a great admirer of McEnroe.) But narrating a coming-of-age comedy co-created by Mindy Kaling, about an Indian American teen named Devi ( Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) who desperately wants to be popular, lose her virginity and get into her dream college was an unlikely choice. Deeds,' 'Anger Management,' 'Wimbledon,' '30 Rock' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' - to name a few. McEnroe has answered the call from Hollywood to play himself before, with appearances in 'Mr. These days, though, the 62-year-old has taken an unusual career turn as a sage narrator of teen life in Netflix's 'Never Have I Ever.' If you are over the age of 30, John McEnroe is likely known to you as the infamously brash tennis hall-of-famer - dubbed “Superbrat” in his prime - who now offers his take on the sport as a TV analyst. McEnroe is the narrator of the Netflix coming-of-age comedy 'Never Have I Ever.' (Allen J. Tennis legend John McEnroe is photographed at the Malibu Racquet Club.

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