sentences:  Although Grant was tempted, he ultimately decided not to end his retirement from film-making.Beatty initially wanted Muhammad Ali to play the central character, but because of Ali's continued commitment to boxing, Beatty changed the character from a boxer to an American football player and played it himself.The type of instrument he played was also changed; in "Here Comes Mr. Jordan", Pendleton assays "The Last Rose of Summer" on the alto saxophone, and in the 1978 film, he plays "Ciribiribin" on a soprano sax.