In the first two episodes of The Last Dance its easy to perceive former Bulls general manager Jerry Krause as an antagonist in the story.

The Bulls are on the verge of being broken up despite winning titles and dominating the NBA. Krause is integral in that playing out the way it did, which led many to describe him as the villain of the story.

The flip side to that is that while Krause inherited Michael Jordan when he took over, he assembled all of the pieces around him.

Jason Hehir, the director of The Last Dance, was on Jalen and Jacoby after Episodes 3 and 4 aired. He dished about a lot of extra info that didnt make it into the final cut, including why he thinks Krause is not a villain.

Weve been really lucky with reaction to the project so far, but the fact that either people feel that Jerry is the villain, because I dont think that he is, Hehir said. I think that he was the architect of this and like him or not, hes polarizing, but he was the architect of these teams. Every single piece that was put in place besides Michael was put there by Jerry Krause. Anyone that felt that we were deliberately vilifying him is absolutely wrong. Its just really tough because we tried to use as much archival from him as we had and Jerry passed away four months before we started shooting. He was first on my list, literally, to interview because he was so vital to this entire storyline, but hes not there anymore.

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Krause is a main character in the first two episodes, especially the drama with Scottie Pippen demanding a trade. However, in Episodes 3 and 4 Krause plays a much smaller role. Some of the archival footage Hehir referenced is used and theres also a shot of Krause dancing in the plane after the Bulls won the 1991 NBA title, but he isnt a focal point.

Hehir teased that that will change over the final six episodes.

I do feel like he doesnt get enough credit, Hehir said of Krause. As the series goes on I am confident that he gets his due by the time we end Episode 10 that people will recognize what a great GM he was. But yeah, thats something that does hurt me when people say that because that was our intention. We were just giving the facts as they were at the time.

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