Quaid said it would have been impossible to properly tell Hamilton’s story without depicting her family’s strong Christian faith. Rita may have had something to do with the protagonist’s second chance, “Soul Surfer” also has a spiritual component. Like “The Rookie,” which suggested that the intercession of St. In 2002, he starred in “The Rookie,” the true story of a 35-year-old baseball coach and married father of three who enters the major leagues at an age when many players are considering retirement. Quaid is no stranger to fact-based sports dramas featuring characters whose persistence enables them to overcome incredible challenges. “What do you do with that? Do you give up? Or do you pick yourself up and turn it into a positive, turn it into a bump in the road of life, which is what Bethany did?” “Sometimes unfair things happen to really good people,” he said. He said “Soul Surfer” shows how a person can respond with faith and courage when “life throws up barriers in front of us.” “I live in awe of someone like Bethany,” Quaid told The Southern Cross, San Diego diocesan newspaper, in an April 5 phone interview. As he watched Hamilton tell her story, he said, he was amazed by her positive outlook on life. Just five days before accepting the role, Quaid had seen Hamilton, now 21, interviewed on NBC’s “Today” show, where she was promoting her autobiographical book. Quaid and Helen Hunt star as Bethany’s parents, Tom and Cheri Hamilton. The film tells the true story of Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who continued to compete even after losing her left arm in a shark attack in 2003 when she was 13 years old. SAN DIEGO – When Dennis Quaid agreed to star in the new film “Soul Surfer,” it represented a career first: the only time the actor had ever accepted a role before reading the script.
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