While Geena Davis might be best known for her turns inBeetlejuice(1988),Thelma and Louise(1991 ) , andA League of Their Own(1992 ) , there ’s one role she narrowly overleap out on : Olympic archer .
In 2020 , Davis explained toPeoplethat the roundabout way into the relatively obscure sport of archery get down in 1996 , when she was observe the Atlanta Olympic Games and found herself draw to footage of athlete aiming for a bullseye .
She was specially entranced by Justin Huish , an American amber medallist . “ I was fascinated by how he shot arrows across the street at menage and through his garage , ” DavistoldThe New York Timesin 1999 , just as her involvement was becoming public . “ It was kind of cool . He made it vocalise like fun , and that inspired me eventually to look into it . I play Justin at the kickoff of 1997 . He filch me up with his coach-and-four that bound and I started taking lessons . ”
Davis , who was 41 at the time , had experience with some high school sports but wanted to follow up on a single discipline . She had , she said , find herself excelling in roles that require a measure of athletic prowess , like baseball game forLeague , and want to see how far she could go .
While there ’s a vast divergence between hobbyist and Olympian , Davis still found herself circle among the upper grade of the sportsman . engage a omnibus and practise nearly every day , she enter in a 2000 Sydney Olympic qualifier in Bloomfield , New Jersey , andfinished24th out of 28 participants ( despite having trained for only two years ) . Only the top 16 advanced to the next round . It was close-fitting — but not close up enough — to landing her an Olympic spot .
Peoplenotes that there was a needlelike uptick in women get in the archery field follow the popularity ofThe Hunger Gamesfranchise as well asPixar’sBrave . Davis undoubtedly had something to do with it , too .
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