AnnaSophia Robb played Bethany Hamilton in Soul Surfer, the story of a teenage surfer who suffered a terrible accident, but that didn’t stop her from pursuing her passion. Both were interviewed to talk about the film, and the actress said that Hamilton guided her to learn how to surf, so she also enjoyed the sport and felt admiration for the sea.

On the other hand, the surfer said she liked how the film was able to reflect what she went through in that stage of her life, where she discovered her true passion. She also said that, at first, she was afraid that they would make the part where she suffered the shark attack way too dramatic, but she thought that they did a good job and helped to spread her own version of the story.