I didn't discover Terry until I was 10 years old, he was a legend by that time, |
I honestly don't feel that this story has been sugar-coated, ... Obviously you're telling the story of a hero . . . but it stays true to the essence of the run. |
I honestly don't feel that this story has been sugar-coated. Obviously you're telling the story of a hero . . . but it stays true to the essence of the run. |
I think, ultimately, those little details come through, even if it's just in my head, |
I think, ultimately, those little details come through, even if it's just in my head. |
It's an interesting piece of Canadian history. Terry's one of our great heroes and it's important to keep his legacy alive and continue to support cancer research. |
One of the things I was really concerned about was having enough time to train and get the physical aspects of the character down. For Canadians especially, it's such an important image to all of us, it's something that's very recognized. I just wanted to make sure that I had time to do that properly, because if that wasn't right, then people would not necessarily be able to connect. |
Thank goodness for me this technology exists, because it's the only way that his story would get told like this. |
They had food fights all the time, they were three young guys in a van, for the first time.going across the country. They were excited more than anything, especially in the beginning. As much as it was serious and hard work and all that, there's no way they could have done what they did without having fun. |
We didn't tell the story of a cancer patient. This movie is about the run and the great thing that he did. It's a really personal story, too, just four main characters, Terry, his friend Doug Alward, his brother Darrell and a guy named Bill Vigars. |
We were out in the country running for a lot of the shoot, |