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 That's the draw of "The Light Between Oceans," a
heart-wrenching tale based on M. L. Stedman's 2013 novel of the
same name that stars Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander and Michael
Fassbender. It opens in U.S. theaters on Friday.
The story, set in Australia in the 1920s, is the tragic tale of
a lighthouse keeper (Fassbender) and his wife (Vikander), who
have suffered two miscarriages when a baby in a boat washes
ashore their remote island. They decide to raise the child as
their own, until they meet the child's real mother years later.
Sweden's Vikander, 27, one of the most sought-after young
actresses even before winning an Oscar in February for her
supporting role in "The Danish Girl," had briefly met Fassbender
a year before filming on the movie began in New Zealand in late
2014.
"We met each other on the dance floor at the Toronto Film
Festival and BAFTAs - he's a good dancer," Vikander told
Reuters.
"But we hadn't really... we met properly in Wellington in the
rehearsals for the first time," added Fassbender, 39.
Director Derek Cianfrance then asked the pair to live together
in a remote lighthouse for a month during filming, and by the
end of 2014 news broke that they were dating.
Vikander said she cried when she first read the script for the
movie, and said filming such emotional scenes was often
exhausting.
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"I was in tears the first time I read it and it's because it feels
so human and so creatable and it feels like it's about real people
and about real drama," she said.
"It helps I had admired Michael as an actor since I saw first films
like 'Hunger' and 'Fish Tank.' It's like you see a very natural
being for each character that I think he's done, but also getting to
meet him you understand how much work gets put into it in
preparation," she added.
Both Fassbender, the star of "Steve Jobs," and Vikander, said they
had a good feeling during filming about how the movie would turn
out.
"It seemed like we had good ingredients. And then it all depends on
whether audiences take to it or not. That's really something you can
never tell," he said.
(Reporting by Reuters Televison,; Writing by Jill Serjeant; Editing
by Alan Crosby)
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