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From Ireland to Vietnam, One Woman's Noble Journey to End Sex Trafficking

Josh M. Shepherd : May 19, 2015  Bound4Life.com

"My goal was for the audience to have an enjoyable, entertaining journey as they travel with Christina Noble; then, through the flashbacks, to discover why Christina is able to achieve incredible things in Vietnam…" -Writer/director Stephen Bradley

Based on her life story, one would think Christina Noble would avoid facing the atrocities of sex trafficking every day. Growing up in Ireland, her family was torn apart by her father's alcoholism and neglect. Then as a young woman, Noble was violated by men and left for dead. (Photo: Christina Noble [portrayed by Deirdre O'Kane] rescues children in Vietnam/Aspiration Media/via Bound4Life)

Yet today, 26 years after her first trip to Asia, her work through The Christina Noble Children's Foundation has touched the lives of more than 700,000 children in Vietnam and Mongolia—many thousands rescued from sex trafficking.

Her extraordinary true story has now been dramatized in NOBLE, a feature film currently playing in theaters nationwide.

Today, the issue of sex trafficking comes to the forefront in public policy, as the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act will be voted on in the U.S. House. Pro-life leaders praised the final bill, which passed the U.S. Senate by a 99-0 bipartisan vote, for retaining the vital Hyde Amendment language (restricting any federal funding of abortion).

The personal journey of Christina Noble, which begins with a dream she believes was from God, sheds light on the scope of brutality against innocent lives—and solutions that will include faith-based partners in a vital role.

Writer/director Stephen Bradley, who has spent five years bringing this story to the big screen, answered a few questions about the film via e-mail.

Bound4LIFE: NOBLE covers a lot of ground, from Christina Noble's early years in Ireland to her decades combating sex trafficking. Why did you choose to intercut these different chapters in her story?

Stephen Bradley: My goal was for the audience to have an enjoyable, entertaining journey as they travel with Christina Noble; then, through the flashbacks, to discover why Christina is able to achieve incredible things in Vietnam, because of the nature of her similar experiences in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

The most important part of telling the story in a series of flashbacks was getting the casting right so that the audience really believes that this is the same character—even though we cut between episodes at different ages with three different actresses. (Photo: Aspiration Media/Bound4Life)

Bound4LIFE: With stars from Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., how did you go about casting this film?

Stephen Bradley: The casting of NOBLE was very enjoyable. Obviously [my wife] Deirdre O'Kane was attached from the very beginning, as we worked on the script together. Gloria Curtis and Sarah Greene were just such uncanny matches for her, that was fantastic.

The other well-known actors you mention—Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey), Liam Cunningham (Game of Thrones) and Ruth Negga (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)—were all people I had worked with before and to whom I sent my script for NOBLE. It's always great when you get a positive reaction from actors you know are so talented and a pleasure to work with, bringing much more to each part than you could have imagined.

In Vietnam, I had a really brilliant casting director and we went through a long but fascinating process to cast each of the Vietnamese parts. The biggest star of all was the young child actor Tien Dat who plays Lam—crowds came out onto the street to see him filming!

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