Screen Rant attends the red carpet premiere of Ordinary Angels and speaks to such stars as Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson about the new movie.

SUMMARY

 Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson star in Ordinary Angels , a faith-centric movie based on a true story.
 The film highlights the importance of community, hope, and humanity amidst struggles.
 The cast and crew shared insights about their roles and experiences during production.

Ordinary Angels, a new drama based on a harrowing and heartwarming true story, celebrated its release with a red carpet premiere earlier this week. Set in 1994, the movie centers on a Louisville hairdresser who finds renewed purpose after learning of a widowed father struggling to care for his two girls.

The film stars Million Dollar Baby‘s Hilary Swank, Reacher‘s Alan Ritchson, and Emily Mitchell, a young actor who’s already made a name for herself in such movies as Priscilla.

On the Ordinary Angels red carpet in New York City, Screen Rant spoke to the film’s cast and crew about behind-the-scenes secrets, everyday miracles, and other upcoming projects.

Swank, Ritchson, and Castle‘s Tamala Jones discussed their roles and onscreen relationship dynamics, and members of the creative team, including I Still Believe director Jon Gunn and American Underdog producer Andrew Erwin, revealed how they stumbled upon a story and the process behind making a film that puts faith in humanity.

Biggest Things We Learned On The Ordinary Angels Red Carpet

Hilary Swank Didn’t Even Know What Her Co-Star Looked Like

Screen Rant: The personalities between Ed and Sharon, the dichotomy between them is huge, and it forms this really interesting dynamic between the two characters. What was it like portraying that on screen with Alan?

Hilary Swank: It was so much fun. I didn’t know Alan [Ritchson], so I didn’t know. I knew he was in a show called The Reacher, and I knew what that was supposed to look like, but I didn’t even know what he looked like. So I got there and it was so nice to meet just him as a human first and not have any expectations.

And we had so much fun coming together and playing such polar opposites. One was really struggling with one thing. They were both struggling, though, and they were both trying to find their way. And that’s just such a reminder that people can be struggling with someone and look very different. And so it’s nice to find kindness for everyone no matter what you’re seeing in front of you.

I’m curious with all the extreme weather in the movie, what it was like for you guys on set?

Hilary Swank: It was really hard. It was really cold, but it was nothing like what they experience with struggling to get someone to a hospital safely to save a life. So I just kept reminding myself that. We’re making it a movie about someone’s life who needs to be saved, so you can get through this night shoveling some snow.