--- title: Amy Schumer Talks Writing Trainwreck and Working With Pro Athletes description: Amy Schumer's debut film comes out this Friday and is loosely inspired by the comedian-turned-actress' life before fame and fortune canonical: https://time.com/3961538/amy-schumer-trainwreck-pro-athletes/ author: Anne Most article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-16T20:37:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:20:02.541Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Amy Schumer Describes Writing Trainwreck As 'Liberating' og:description: The film loosely inspired by the her life before fame and fortune og:url: https://time.com/3961538/amy-schumer-trainwreck-pro-athletes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae4c079741b78d70/69885a500a4a2298749c5164/gettyimages-479041278.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Celebrities Visit SiriusXM Studios - June 30, 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amy Schumer Describes Writing Trainwreck As 'Liberating' twitter:description: The film loosely inspired by the her life before fame and fortune twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae4c079741b78d70/69885a500a4a2298749c5164/gettyimages-479041278.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Amy Schumer Talks Writing _Trainwreck_ and Working With Pro Athletes  by [Anne Most](https://time.com/author/anne-most/)  ## Anne Most Jul 16, 2015 8:37 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Comedian Amy Schumer visits the SiriusXM Studios on June 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Comedian Amy Schumer visits the SiriusXM Studios on June 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)Ilya S. Savenok—Getty Images  by [Anne Most](https://time.com/author/anne-most/)  ## Anne Most Jul 16, 2015 8:37 PM UTC Amy Schumer’s debut film _Trainwreck_ comes out this Friday and is loosely inspired by the comedian-turned-actress’ life before fame and fortune. In the video above, Schumer talks about what it was like working with director Judd Apatow. Schumer praises Apatow for guiding her through her first movie without stamping it as a “Judd Apatow” film. “It was a lot of stuff I was learning at the time, that I didn’t know about myself” Schumer said of writing the script. The comedy also features a few professional athletes, including basketball players LeBron James and Amar’e Stoudemire, and professional wrestler John Cena. 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