{"id":13790,"date":"2022-12-08T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13790"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:47:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:47:47","slug":"exclusive-video-interview-nathalie-issa-on-playing-olympian-yusra-mardini-in-the-swimmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13790","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Video Interview: Nathalie Issa on Playing Olympian Yusra Mardini in \u2018The Swimmers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\">Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini endured a harrowing and incredible journey across sea and land from their war-torn home of Syria to Berlin before Yusra eventually utilized her years of training as a swimmer to compete in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/sinusys.com\/images\/icons\/png\/cipro.html\">buy cipro<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> Yusra and Sara\u2019s story is inspiring and compelling, and brought to marvelous life by real-life sisters Nathalie and Manal Issa in Sally El Hosaini\u2019s <strong><em>The Swimmers<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I had the chance to speak with Nathalie about getting to know and understand Yusra, starring alongside her sister, and staging some of the film\u2019s most intense and wondrous scenes.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/sinusys.com\/images\/icons\/png\/rybelsus.html\">buy rybelsus<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video above, and read below for an official summary and where to watch. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/reviews\/review-toronto-international-film-festival-opener-the-swimmers-showcases-an-astounding-story-of-survival-and-perseverance\/\">our review<\/a> of the film from the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13791\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13791\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nathalie-Issa-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Nathalie Issa\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nathalie-Issa-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nathalie-Issa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nathalie-Issa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nathalie-Issa-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nathalie-Issa-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nathalie-Issa-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nathalie-Issa.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R) Nathalie Issa as Yusra Mardini, Manal Issa as Sara Mardini in The Swimmers. Cr. Laura Radford\/Netflix \u00a9 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Film summary:<\/p>\n<p>Based on a true story, THE SWIMMERS follows the journey from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/sinusys.com\/images\/icons\/png\/cenforce.html\">buy cenforce<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/abe-friedtanzer\/\">Check out more of Abe Friedtanzer\u2019s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ObN4krVV20Y\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Swimmers | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ObN4krVV20Y?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>The Swimmers<\/em><\/strong> is currently streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini endured a harrowing and incredible journey across sea and land from their war-torn home of Syria to Berlin before Yusra eventually utilized her years of training as a swimmer to compete in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. online&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[11730,11729,92,13076,11728,11634,13075,10807,11635],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive Video Interview: Nathalie Issa on Playing Olympian Yusra Mardini in \u2018The Swimmers\u2019 | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nathalie Issa discusses playing Yusra Mardini, a Syrian refugee who became an Olympic athlete, in the film The Swimmers.\" \/>\n<meta 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