The movie about the global child sex trafficking trade made sure its young actors never really knew what they were filming.
a movie about the global sex trafficking industry, were protected from what they were filming, its director has said.has become the surprise hit film of 2023 and is the 10th highest-grossing film of the year so far, and, in an exclusive interview withdirector Alejandro Monteverde discussed how he made sure his child actors never knew the full story.
"We were very, very careful to be protective of them. I was as protective of them as I am with my own children," Monteverde explained. Jim Caviezel as Tim Ballard in the new film 'Sound of Freedom'. The film's director made sure to protect the young children working on set.The movie follows the real-life Tim Ballard, played by Jim Caveziel in the film, as he leaves his role as an officer battling child pornography at Homeland Security to start his own non-profit organization to rescue children trapped in the world of sex slavery.
Monteverde, who also wrote the screenplay, balanced the shocking scenes of child exploitation, which were aimed to raise awareness of the issue, by making sure never to"cross the line" into gratuitous depictions of sexual violence. "That was the hardest part and I knew from the beginning I was not going to go on set until we had the perfect balance... to make a movie that audiences can not only digest, but also enjoy," he told"I also knew that I needed to remind the audience that they're watching a film...so they know, we're not going to cross the line."Monteverde looked for children with little acting experience, who had"not lost their innocence.
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