Young Woman and the Sea
Defy the odds.
Country
Budget
$40 000 000
Box office
$581 725
Director
Actors
Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Jeanette Hain, Glenn Fleshler, Sian Clifford, Christopher Eccleston, Ethan Rouse, Olive Elise Abercrombie
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Óscar Faura
Composer
Artist
Nora Takacs Ekberg
Audition
Fiona Weir
Editing
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, Chris Kuhl
Whole Team (85)
Whole Team (85)
Short description
This is the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the steadfast support of her older sister and supportive trainers, she overcame adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the 21-mile trek from France to England.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film starred Petar Stoychev, a swimmer from Bulgaria, one of the most successful marathon swimmers in history, who set a world record for the fastest swim across the English Channel in 2007 and held it until 2012.
- Initially, Paramount Pictures was slated to produce the film with Lily James in the lead role, but then Walt Disney Pictures acquired the rights and stated that screenwriter Jeff Nathanson and producer Jerry Bruckheimer would still be involved in the project.
- In some instances, the film's script deviates from what actually happened, presumably for dramatic effect. Firstly, the filmmakers imply that Gertrude Ederle’s (played by Daisy Ridley) performance at the Paris Olympics was a “disappointment,” as she only won “bronze.” In reality, she won two bronze medals in individual events and “gold” in the relay. Secondly, almost a year passed between Ederle’s first and second attempts to swim the English Channel, and she returned to New York in between. The filmmakers also omitted the fact that, as a warm-up for her first attempt, Ederle swam 35.4 kilometers from New York to New Jersey in a time that no one was able to beat for 81 years.
- It was originally planned that the film would be produced by Paramount Pictures with Lily James in the lead role, but the rights were later acquired by Walt Disney Pictures, which stated that screenwriter Jeff Nathanson and producer Jerry Bruckheimer would still be involved in the project.
- In some moments, the film's script deviates from actual events, evidently for greater dramatic effect. First, the filmmakers hint that Gertrude Ederle's (played by Daisy Ridley) performance at the Paris Olympics was a "disappointment" because she only won "bronze." In reality, she won two bronze medals in individual events and a gold in the relay. Second, almost exactly one year passed between her first and second attempts to swim the English Channel, during which time she returned to New York. The filmmakers also overlooked the fact that as a warmup for her first attempt, Ederle swam 35.4 kilometers from New York to New Jersey in a time that no one had managed to beat for 81 years.
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