Nyad: Annette Bening and Jodie Foster Team for Epic Swimming Feat in Netflix’s Trailer

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s biographical film premiered at the Telluride Film Fest and begins streaming November 3.

(L-R) Jodie Foster as Bonnie Stoll and Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in NYAD. — Jodie Foster (left) and Annette Bening in ‘Nyad’ KIMBERLEY FRENCH/NETFLIX/COURTESY OF TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL

Annette Bening enlists Jodie Foster’s help to accomplish swimming goal she failed to achieve decades prior in the first trailer for Netflix’s fact-based film Nyad.

The biographical drama from directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin centers on marathon swimmer Diana Nyad (Bening) attempting to become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage.

Foster plays the athlete’s coach and friend Bonnie Stoll in the movie that plays select theaters Oct. 20 and then hits the streaming platform November 3 after debuting at the Telluride Film Festival earlier this month.

Bening replies, “I don’t believe in imposed limitations. The only one who gets to decide if I’m through is me.”

Nyad, which co-stars Rhys Ifans, marks the narrative film debut for directors Vasarhelyi and Chin, whose previous work includes the Oscar-winning 2018 documentary Free Solo. Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Michael Heimler, Vanessa Humphrey, Julia Cox and D. Scott Lumpkin are executive producers.

The directors addressed complaints from members of the swimming community over how the Cuba swim was executed. “We did our due diligence,” Vasarhelyi said. “This film is not about a record. It’s about a woman who wakes up at 60 and realizes she’s not done. And that woman has flaws.”

Nyad: Annette Bening and Jodie Foster Team for Epic Swimming Feat in Netflix’s Trailer

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