Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood has scored her first supporting role in the upcoming film “Soul Surfer,” the story of Bethany Hamilton, who, at 13, lost her arm to a tiger shark bite, vowed to continue surfing and went on to become a champion surfer.
The inspirational story was the subject of a documentary, 2007’s “The Heart of a Soul Surfer,” directed by Becky Baumgartner, and a bestselling book, “Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board,” which will serve as the basis for the screenplay. The feature film version stars AnnaSophia Robb as Bethany with Helen Hunt and Dennis Quaid playing her parents. Carrie’s character is Sarah Hill, a church youth leader.
Filming starts this month. On Sunday, Carrie will perform the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIV.
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