VARIOUS: Surfers and actors stroll down the blue carpet for "Soul Surfer" premiere
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VARIOUS: Surfers and actors stroll down the blue carpet for "Soul Surfer" premiere
- Title: VARIOUS: Surfers and actors stroll down the blue carpet for "Soul Surfer" premiere
- Date: 31st March 2011
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MARCH 303, 2011) (REUTERS) ***CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** EXTERIOR OF ARCLIGHT CINEMA THEATER VARIOUS OF "SOUL SURFER" POSTERS WIDE SHOT OF BLUE CARPET VARIOUS OF CAST POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) HELEN HUNT, SAYING: "I just think it's a beautiful story that gets to be told. I think, from my character's point of view, it's a story about insisting that your daughter and you have joy in your life no matter what so, that was a really fun thing to play, in Hawaii, while surfing, with great actors." HELEN HUNT ON BLUE CARPET DENNIS QUAID ON BLUE CARPET ANNASOPHIA ROBB AND ROSS THOMAS POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS CAMERA CREWS BETHANY HAMILTON AND ANNASOPHIA POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANNASOPHIA ROBB, SAYING: "It's really a story about human tenacity and challenges and, Bethany lost her arm and she has made so may good things come out of it." HAMILTON SPEAKING TO REPORTERS DENNIS QUAID SPEAKING TO REPORTERS LORRAINE NICHOLSON SPEAKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) LORRAINE NICHOLSON, SAYING: "I got to work with a group of people who are so incredibly kind and intelligent and artistic and almost magical. And, getting to play Alana, somebody who's such a fantastic girl, an inspiration to, hopefully, a lot of people, was inspirational." WIDE SHOT OF BLUE CARPET CLOSE UP OF LORRAINE NICHOLSON HELEN HUNT SPEAKING TO REPORTERS JOE JONAS ON BLUE CARPET CARRIE UNDERWOOD SPEAKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) CARRIE UNDERWOOD, SAYING: "I always said I'd like to do some acting if it was the right thing and this was the right thing. This is something I'd be proud to show my kids some day and I'm proud that my parents are going to see this and proud for my husband's family to see. It's just something to be proud of and a wonderful story to tell." LORRAINE NICHOLSON SPEAKING TO REPORTERS HELEN HUNT SPEAKING TO REPORTERS KEVIN SORBO SPEAKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEVIN SORBO, SAYING: "Bethany was on set every single day. The most amazing woman. She's class and her faith is unbelievably strong and she uses this huge negative as a positive to spread the word of God, it's pretty amazing." VARIOUS OF BETHANY HAMILTON SPEAKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) BETHANY HAMILTON, SAYING: "Yeah, it was really cool because everything from casting to scriptwriting to being on the set to stunt surfing even up until being in the editing room I've been a part of everything so, I think it really just enhanced the film with truth and the realness of our story and just being able to share our story properly. I can confidently say I love it and I'm so proud of it." CAST SPEAKING TO REPORTERS HAMILTON SPEAKING TO REPORTERS SIDE SHOT OF BLUE CARPET
- Embargoed: 15th April 2011 13:00
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- Location: Usa
- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVAAHH00T71EIX36WTV4B94GSWQW
- Story Text: The blue carpet was rolled out in Hollywood on Wednesday (March 29) evening, for the premiere of the "Soul Surfer" based on the life of professional surfer Bethany Hamilton.
Hamilton, played by newcomer AnnaSophia Robb, was an aspiring young surfer training for competitions when she was unexpectedly attacked by a tiger shark in 2003. Hamilton, then 13, survived the attack but lost her left arm.
The film narrates the emotional roller coaster following her attack and follows the teenager as she learns to adjust to her new life, highlighting her unwavering determination to go back to the ocean and surf the waves.
Helen Hunt, who plays Hamilton's mother in the film, says she had no doubts she wanted to be a part of such an inspirational story.
"I just think it's a beautiful story that gets to be told. I think, from my character's point of view, it's a story about insisting that your daughter and you have joy in your life no matter what so, that was a really fun thing to play, in Hawaii, while surfing, with great actors," said Hunt.
Co-starring with Hunt and making their film debuts in this surfer tale are country singer Carrie Underwood and Lorraine Nicholson, daughter of Jack Nicholson.
Underwood, who confesses to feeling in another world while acting, says she is proud to have had the opportunity to work on this project.
"I always said I'd like to do some acting if it was the right thing and this was the right thing. This is something I'd be proud to show my kids some day and to be proud to show my parents and to be proud for my husband's family to see. It's just something to be proud of and a wonderful story to tell."
Also starring in the film are Dennis Quaid, as Hamilton's father, and Kevin Sorbo, as Holt Blanchard, the man who saved Hamilton's life.
"Soul Surfer" hits U.S. theaters April 8. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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