Filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have given audiences thrilling and sometimes terrifying front-row seats to incredible feats of human ambition in their documentary work.
But there would be at least one big difference in bringing “Nyad” to life: actors.
Political Cartoons View All 1233 ImagesIn fiction, she found creative collaborators in their decorated core cast: Annette Bening, who plays Nyad, Jodie Foster as her friend and coach Bonnie Stoll, and Rhys Ifans as the ship's navigator.
Vasarhelyi wasn’t without any experience working with actors, either, and in fact learned from the best.
With their other films, the filmmakers had loved watching their subjects get to see audiences respond to them and their work.
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Key West, Netflix, Associated Press, Formula
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Northern Thailand, The, Cuba, Key, Covent Gardens