Blue Miracle, based on the true story of a group of young kids from a struggling orphanage join a fishing competition, is currently available to stream on Netflix. Starring Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Gonzales, it is a heartwarming tale of perseverance.
Wade (Quaid) is a fisherman who is alienated from his family and his happiness, who discovers a new zest for life while helping Gonzales’ Omar and his wards participate in the contest. Now it’s only a question of whether they can win the money needed to save the orphanage.
The actors spoke to Screen Rant about their characters’ motivations and their own collaboration process with director Julio Quintana.
Jimmy, what can you tell me about Papa Omar? What inspires him to look after the kids from Casa Hogar?
Jimmy Gonzales: Giving back, you know what I mean? He grew up on the streets himself, and his wife really as well. His wife really helped him get on the straight and narrow, and then together they started this orphanage to get kids off the streets and hopefully avoid experiences that he went through.
Dennis, Wade is going for his third title in the Bisbee Black and Blue fishing tournament, but he's forced to team up with the kids from Casa Hogar and Papa Omar. How does Wade feel about this?
Dennis Quaid: He's am very happy about that. He's a very jaded person, to tell you the truth. And when he won the second time, I think there was a little cheating going on there. Basically, what he thinks is important is all the wrong things, really.
These naive, fresh-faced orphan kids wind up humbling him, I think. He was looking for redemption, and he didn't even know it.
Jimmy, Omar meets a troubled young teen named Moco early on in the film. Why does Omar choose him to go on this fishing expedition, and can you talk to me about what Miguel Angel Garcia brought to the role?
Jimmy Gonzales: Yeah. It's always been opinion that Omar saw himself in Moco. He's streetwise; he's smart; he's very savvy, he knows how to get around and how to take care of himself. It was a mirror for Omar.
Miguel's young, and he's traveled all over the world. He's such a smart guy and incredibly nice. So, this character was bit of a stretch for him, but he was able to really inhabit the aspects of Moco that were triggered out of survival. And I was really impressed by that.
Dennis has this talk with the kids that opens up his eyes, and he talks a little bit about being a father and every man having his calling. He kind of sacrificed his own family for his calling, which is deep sea fishing. Can you talk to me about how the experience with the kids from Casa Hogar changes those notions in Wade's life?
Dennis Quaid: Well, Wade talks a big game about how every man has this calling. But it's just a big cover story for how he doesn't feel good about himself inside, as far as being a dad or a husband or whatever in life. He likes to build himself up on the outside to compensate for the way he feels about himself on the inside.
Jimmy, can you talk to me about the collaboration process with your great director, Julio Quintana? This movie is beautiful to look at, but it's also such a great story to tell.
Jimmy Gonzales: Julio is, visually and intellectually and creatively, firing on all cylinders. I had just wrapped up another project when he had hired me, and he had me over at his house for a week. We just sat down and broke the script down line by line, word by word, beat by beat for a full week - for eight hours a day and sometimes more. But our love of story was really what brought us together.
He's a father of three, and I don't unfortunately have any children. But it's something that I've always wanted, and it just hasn't happened yet. So, we were able to connect not just on a personal level, but also on a creative level - and that's extremely rare to find.
Blue Miracle is now streaming on Netflix.
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