La'Darius Marshall

La'Darius Marshall is one of Navarro College's most talented tumblers, a sharp-tongued, ferociously funny presence who commands attention the second he's on screen. He wants to win Daytona and to be seen as the best, and he says so without apology, needling teammates and coaches alike with a wit built for television.

Cheer works because it finds people who don't perform for the camera so much as command it, and Marshall is the clearest case: his one-liners land instantly, but the documentary lets his bravado sit right next to real vulnerability without softening either. He's funny, then suddenly not, and both feel completely true.