Annette Bening trained for a year to portray long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad in 'Nyad,' co-starring Jodie Foster as her best friend and coach Bonnie Stoll. We preview the inspiring biopic.
as Diana's best friend and coach Bonnie Stoll — and they couldn't have had a better initiation.
"And that was really a gift," she continues. "It's really Jodie's support and friendship that provides the beating heart of this film, ultimately. They were consummate professionals. It's not lost on me that there were these two incredibly accomplished actors who are also mothers who are also just showing up every day. We felt lucky. We felt very lucky. And it was kind of like, 'Don't mess it up.
Seeing Annette Bening and Jodie Foster together was such a joy to watch. How did you help foster their onscreen dynamic?Mike Nichols That also helped foster the relationship between them because you would think that they would be friends, because they're the two scions of Hollywood, of that generation. But they actually were just acquaintances. I remember the first time they sat down together, it was at Annette's apartment in New York, and it was amazing, immediately. It was surreal.
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