Awards Daily talks to Annette Bening and Jodie Foster about their complex characters’ friendship in Netflix’s NYAD, directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Free Solo).
Netflix’s NYAD proves that you’re never too old or the wrong gender to do something extraordinary.
I had the privilege of having a quick chat with stars Annette Bening and Jodie Foster about the likability of Diana Nyad, what attracted Foster to this “lighter” role, and what it was like to work with doc directors Chin and Vasarhelyi on their first narrative film.
Watch the interview below!
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