I guess for actors playing a real person it’s a tough task, especially when the person they’re playing is still alive. For Nathalie Issa, he met the woman he embodied Netflix movies 2022 swimmers early in the filmmaking process and opened up to Gossipify about what it was like meeting Yusra Mardini for the first time.
The actress explained that she was a little intimidated at first meeting Mardini, as she had done a lot of research prior to their first interaction. Issa explained that she managed to travel to Germany to meet the Syrian swimmer on whom the Netflix movie is based and she said she was very nervous at first, explaining:
I had the opportunity to spend the night at his place in Hamburg. And we, you know, because I googled her a lot, I read her book about her, I was really intimidated at first when I met her. I was like, ‘Okay, shit, like, I hope, you know, because I was kind of scared. I thought, I hope I do a good job representing her, I hope she’s happy. And I had that in mind during filming.
I’m sure he felt the pressure to play this role, just because of the beauty of the story. Yusra Mardini and her sister Sara Mardini are the protagonists of the film. The sisters crossed the Aegean Sea to flee Syria and ended up in Germany as refugees. Eventually, Yusra became an Olympic swimmer for the refugee team at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics, and the two sisters, and this film, contributed a lot. raise awareness of the refugee crisis .
Issa then told the story of the first time he met Yusra and said that after a few minutes his nerves calmed down and he adapted very easily. The actress recalled the first moments of their first meeting, as well as Mardini’s reaction to the film, saying:
So I met her and five minutes later we really hit it off. we said like everything [about] our life. And it was such a good connection. And I’m glad she trusted me. And I’m glad we enjoyed each other’s company. I think it was very important to build that connection before filming because, like I said, I had it in mind, I was putting all my love into the project, and what’s really important to me is that she likes it. And when she told me that she loved… I felt so much lighter. She was fine, at least she liked her.
Yusra opened up about her love for the film, taking to TikTok to answer questions from fans swimmers Yes post lovely reactions in several scenes of the film.
Along with Issa, he was joined by his real-life sister, Manal Issa, who played Sara Mardini. German actor and a swarm of thieves alum Matthias Schweighöfer also joined swimmers portrayed as Yusra’s trainer, Sven. The actors played three extraordinary characters and helped shed light on this important story about the Syrian refugee crisis.
If you are interested in seeing Nathalie Issa play Yusra Mardini in this heartwarming film about cinema calendar 2022 all you need is one Netflix subscription .
Source: Cinemablend
