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It was just part of who she was so it came out in the script." That is just part of who she is, so we didn't want to hide from that. Part of her character is that she is a Christian. "The story is about what happens with her family and, with the tragedy that she has, how she can get back on the board. " Soul Surfer is about a girl who is a surfer, but that is not what the real story is about," McNamara notes. Director and co-writer Sean McNamara says he felt that had to be part of the film. Hamilton credits her Christian faith with helping her find that positive message. "And most of all if people are going through a hard time, they could be encouraged and find inspiration to push through those hard times and see that, in my family's case, so much good has come out of it." "Not a lot of people know that much about surfing, so I hope they're educated on it," Hamilton says. Now 21, she says she hopes audiences find inspiration in the depiction of the sport she loves.ĭennis Quaid, Helen Hunt and AnnaSophia Robb in "Soul Surfer" However no tricks were necessary for the surfing scenes because Hamilton herself does the breathtaking wave riding.
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The filmmakers use special effects to digitally 'remove' Robb's arm.
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"Bethany taught me a ton and really helped me figuring out where the 'channel' is and how to look for waves and what to do and just about knowledge of the sea and being comfortable in it for sure," Robb says. The young actress admits she never got to that level, but, tutored by Hamilton, she did pick up the basics. To play the role, Robb had to learn how to surf well enough to play a champion. What would it be like to have your arm taken and what would go through your head and how would your faith be challenged? " " I was so fascinated by all of the challenges. "I knew Bethany's story, of course, but I thought 'what an incredible role', explains Robb. It's a story told in her autobiography, which is the basis for the film that stars teenager AnnaSophia Robb.ĪnnaSophia Robb and Lorraine Nicholson as Bethany Hamilton and Alana Blanchard in "Soul Surfer" Six months later, she was competing again. In a true test of her faith and by sheer will power, Bethany did get back up on a surfboard only a month after the attack. "You didn't lose everything, Bethany not even close." What happened to 'I can do all things?' Why did this happen? Why did I have to lose everything?" A frantic ride to the hospital and quick work by doctors saved her life, but nobody, not even Bethany, could imagine she would ever get back on a surfboard again. But while she was practicing at an isolated cove, a four-meter long tiger shark ripped off her left arm.
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She was on the verge of becoming a top competitor in pro surfing. Growing up on the "garden isle" of Kauai, Bethany Hamilton spent every minute she could riding the waves.
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"Big snap off the top! Bethany Hamilton is holding nothing back with potentially one of the highest scoring rides of the day as this final comes to a close here at Turtle Bay."
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A new film dramatizes the story of how she overcame that to achieve her dream of becoming a professional athlete. In 2003, Bethany Hamilton, 13, lost her left arm to a shark attack while surfing off Kauai, Hawaii.