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John C. Reilly loves the Lakers, Dr. Buss and LA — just not West LA

From left, John C. Reilly as Jerry Buss, Quincy Isaiah as Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Jason Clarke as Jerry West in "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" on HBO.

LOS ANGELES — John C. Reilly does not like the Westside. He felt this aversion deep in his bones from the moment he moved to Los Angeles from Chicago some 30-odd years ago. Venturing into Santa Monica one day, Reilly took inventory of the ostentatious wealth surrounding him and felt completely out of place. It was the cliche version of L.A. He didn't understand it and had absolutely no desire to even try to understand it. He fled back to his place near the Hollywood Bowl and moved to Silver Lake shortly afterward, and finally moving yet again.

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