Diana Nyad finally made it ... Eleven days earlier, she abandoned the first attempt about half-way through after she got exhausted fighting strong currents whipped up by high winds.

"There is more to Diana's personality because it's so diverse, but the film is who she is, in every way," she adds. Nyad is a tough character to like, and the depiction of her in the film is not ...

Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad made history by completing the first swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage. Exhausted and sunburnt, she spoke briefly upon her arrival in Key West.

Bening stars as Diana Nyad, who, at 64, became the first person ... pushing oneself beyond what you thought you could do is "a way to know yourself, and that's a way to expand your own idea ...