Key Points
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Daisy Ridley realized she had to conquer one of her fears to truly embrace her role as Gertrude Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel...
Im scared of open water, Ridley, the star of Young Woman and the Sea, told Reuters...
Ridley overcame her fears and eventually did get in the water for the film, swimming in the Black Sea for nine days...
Im just not an open sea gal, she said.. Young Woman and the Sea arrives in U.S. theaters on Friday, timed for the lead up to the 2024 Paris Games to pay homage to Ederles Olympics history...
Her lips blue, you know and never complaining, no nothing and then showing such a strength and channeling Trudy, I really believe, he said.. Young Woman and the Sea comes after the 2023 release of Netflixs Nyad, another feature about a woman swimmer, for which Annette Bening and Jodie Foster were both nominated for Oscars...
You might be interested in
27-yr-old swims across False Bay in S Africa
14, Apr, 23Indian swimmer Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali has become the first Asian, and the 10th swimmer in the world, to swim across False Bay in South Africa's Cape Town. The 27-year-old swam the 33km stretch in a record time of nine hours and 46 minutes, enduring cold and inconsistent temperatures, strong winds and reverse currents. He was also stung multiple times by bluebottle jellyfish. False Bay is home to great white sharks, making it one of the world's toughest open water swims. Vanmali has previously crossed the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Catalina Channel. | Mumbai news