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"Megan Leavey" follows the pair as they meet, work together
in a bomb detection unit in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are later
reunited on U.S. soil where she is struggling to adapt to life
as a civilian.
Film maker Gabriela Cowperthwaite returns to the director's
chair four years after her documentary "Blackfish" helped change
attitudes about killer whales in captivity and led SeaWorld to
end its killer whale entertainment shows and breeding program.
"I do think that animals are this entry point to being able to
have empathy and feel things and I think we're at our best when
we have that empathy," Cowperthwaite said.
"If this is just one more way you can open up the compassion
side of yourself, then I will feel happy," she told Reuters.
Kate Mara, who plays the title role, said she felt a
responsibility to portray realistically the journey that wartime
soldiers go through and what happens to them when they return
home.
"How do you deal with your loved ones and just regular people
and regular life on a daily basis?" she told Reuters. "It was a
challenge and we wanted to do everything in our power to get
that right."
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Jill Serjeant and James
Dalgleish)
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