In the interview excerpt below continued from an earlier blog, Mike Jacobs who worked with Victor Webster - teaching him what it took to play a disabled athlete, talks about Victor's journey and his own. Sadly, Mike Jacobs passed away before seeing the film completed but his contribution to the movie and the lessons learned by all lucky enough to have crossed his path, will never be forgotten. Q....
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"THOSE STAIRS AREN'T SUPPOSE TO BE THERE"
The Great Wall snakes across the mountains in China's high country. In many places, ancient stone stairs are the only route op to the wall. Faced with the impossible reality that he can not climb the steep, narrow stone entrance, Rick is quick to frustration. His long held dream hangs in the balance.
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"RICK'S SPEECH"
After a year of pushing himself half way across the world, Rick, Amanda, Don and Lee find themselves at the centre of million Chinese who have embraced their dream. It's both a moment of triumph and reflection as Rick remembers how long the journey has been from obscurity for everyone who knows disability.
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"IT'S A CHAIN REACTION"
Steeper, hotter and rougher than expected, Rick's ascent up the Great Wall is measured in how much longer his body can sustain its core temperate rising. Don presses Amanda for a solution that will allow the climb go continue.
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"IT'S NOT FAIR"
Half way into their ascent of The Great Wall, Rick stops - a necessary break to cool him down. A wave of emotion washes over him as Rick wonders if his dream of making the world pay attention, matters to anyone. Lee sits quietly worried about how hard this must be. Don takes the opportunity to say something, he has been waiting a lifetime for. It is an honest moment between best...
