Susan Sarandon | Ping Pong

While Susan Sarandon is world-famous as an actress and political activist, one aspect people might not know about her is her fascination with ping pong. Her love for the sport is first known to the public when she starred in the 1985 movie Ping Pong Summer. In addition, her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s talk show made her hobby known to the general public. The fact that anyone can play the game, be it young or old, made her love it.

While she managed to just make the sport into one of her beloved hobbies for decades, she began to delve into the business side of ping pong by co-owning a chain of ping pong clubs called SPiN. The business started back in 2009 in New York City, with her then-partner Jonathan Bricklin and a few other partners. It seems they were quite serious about the investment, as SPiN has seven branches in both the U.S. and Canada. Aside from her chain of ping pong clubs, Sarandon also gifts ping pong tables to her friends, a testament to her love of the sport.