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True Spirit debuts Friday, February 3 on Netflix

AFFILIATE MARKET NOTES: True Spirit was filmed in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia Teagan Croft grew up in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and now lives in Chicago, IL Sarah Spillane grew up in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and now lives in Los Angeles, CA Jessica Watson is from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, and now lives in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Teagan Croft<tab /><tab />Jessica Watson
Jessica

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Sarah Spillane
Writer/Director

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Sarah Spillane
Writer/Director

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Teagan Croft<tab /><tab />Jessica Watson
Jessica

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A NEW MOVIE DEBUTING THIS WEEKEND IS BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF A TEENAGER WITH A REMARKABLE DREAM DAVID DANIEL HAS A LOOK

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I'm Jessica Watson And I, I I'm planning to be the youngest person to sail around the world, non-stop and unassisted

AN AUSSIE TEEN TAKES ON A MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE IN TRUE SPIRIT, BASED ON A TRUE STORY

The route is challenging, but I've sailed half my life, so I know
So a couple of years, then? (nat-laughter)
I've done the 10,000 nautical miles I'm qualified

TEAGAN CROFT TRAINED FOR WEEKS TO PULL OFF THE SAILING SCENES

I had never sailed ever before in my life, so I had to go from zero to hero quite quickly

Tegan was fearless when it came to, um, captaining a boat, being on the water

I'm so alone
It's when things go wrong that your true character is revealed And right now I'm looking at a tenacious young woman who will figure this out

She really wanted the role, so she'd done a lot of her own research and yeah, she just, she, she just brought these beautiful nuances to the character

CROFT AND WRITER-DIRECTOR SARAH SPILLANE WORKED WITH THE REAL JESSICA WATSON TO GET IT RIGHT

Oh, it's, it's weird It's crazy, and amazing
We get on great, actually I mean, I feel like we're both a bit shocked at how great we got on, because it is such a unique experience, having me playing fake you, but you know, things have been going smoothly
Yeah Yeah, absolutely

There's bravery in admitting that you're not okay So, I'm Jessica Watson I'm tough But I'm struggling

IN HOLLYWOOD, I'M DAVID DANIEL

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ENTERTAINMENT SHOWBIZ HOLLYWOOD MOVIES FILM BIOPIC SAILING WOMEN GIRLS AUSTRALIA