The Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor talks about his first reaction when reading the script for the Brian Brown-Easley movie, saying he was immediately taken by the story.
through my experiences, and i m sure a lot of people who they haven t watched it before would watch it now and think, oh, i ve experienced the same sort of thing . this film kind of brings up all those issues of identity and feeling like you don t quite fit in there but you don t quite fit in there either. and so, i think that s what s timeless about it is that anyone can relate to that, really, regardless of gender or ethnicity. in a way, it s sad that it s - still relatable to today s world, like, 20 years later, - but it s also it s the concept of pushing for women s football, - pushing that it shouldn t be women s football, it should just be football in general. - what is it that you all personally kind of relate to in the film? i was a massive tomboy growing up. i really relate to whatjules, keira knightley s character, kind of talked about. her mum s trying to make her buy all this lingerie and she s saying, oh, i just want to wear this sports bra and i definitely related to
sort of thing . this film kind of brings up all those issues of identity and feeling like you don t quite fit in there but you don t quite fit in there either. and so, i think that s what s timeless about it is that anyone can relate to that, really, regardless of gender or ethnicity. in a way, it s sad that it s - still relatable to today s world, like, 20 years later, - but it s also it s the concept of pushing for women s football, - pushing that it shouldn t be women s football, it should just be football in general. - what is it that you all personally kind of relate to in the film? i was a massive tomboy growing up. i really relate to whatjules, keira knightley s character, kind of talked about. her mum s trying to make her buy all this lingerie and she s saying, oh, i just want to wear this sports bra and i definitely related to that. oh, no, sweetheart, not the sports bras! they re so plain! there s a lot of elements in it that i think as a tomboy growing up who loved footb
i ve experienced the same sort of thing . this film kind of brings up all those issues of identity and feeling like you don t quite fit in there but you don t quite fit in there either. and so, i think that s what s timeless about it is that anyone can relate to that, really, regardless of gender or ethnicity. in a way, it s sad that it s - still relatable to today s world, like, 20 years later, - but it s also it s the concept of pushing for women s football, - pushing that it shouldn t be women s football, it should just be football in general. - what is it that you all personally kind of relate to in the film? i was a massive tomboy growing up. i really relate to whatjules, keira knightley s character, kind of talked about. her mum s trying to make her buy all this lingerie and she s saying, oh, i just want to wear this sports bra and i definitely related to that. oh, no, sweetheart, not the sports bras! they re so plain! there s a lot of elements in it that i think as a tomboy