I just … one day at a time, prayed everyday. "I had a condition that was threatening to both my life and the baby’s life. "It was very touch and go," Sorvino says. One such faith-building situation happened a year and a half ago when Mira was admitted to the hospital because of complications with the pregnancy of her third child. "I was able to draw on personal feelings and personal issues of asking for God’s help and guidance. “ Like Dandelion Dust drew on my faith because I can relate to the character’s struggle," Sorvino explains. That’s a strong position to take, not a position of weakness.” Mira Sorvino Talks Personal Faith "She’s choosing life for her son and giving life, providing life for her husband. “She’s choosing as a strong woman to stay with this man because she’s choosing life," says co-producer Bobby Downes. Producer Bobby Downes also sees Wendy's transformation as a big moment in Like Dandelion Dust, one that may grab audiences even more than the adoption story does. “When he starts to slide into his old habits and his old demons start rearing their heads again, she is called upon to show him the same grace,” Sorvino says. "And that’s a hard thing to get, to feel… I mean we are promised it… Jesus died to wipe away our sins, but the feeling of sin is sometimes overwhelming and the wish to be exonerated and forgiven and somehow embrace with benevolence and forgiveness is something we all struggle with when we’ve done something really wrong.”Īs Wendy's wrestling with her past mistake and her decision to take Joey from his family, she's also confronted with her husband's need for mercy. “The only way you can be released from the guilt is to feel that God forgives you," Sorvino says. This is especially evident as Wendy struggles with the concept of forgiveness, according to Mira Sorvino. Though Like Dandelion Dust is not marketed as a Christian film, its spiritual themes do inspire a certain reflection on God.
With regard to her character, Sorvino says that Wendy is "not a person who has a lot of fight in her for herself, but she finds strength to have an altruistic love for others.” Forgiveness in Like Dandelion Dust
She was so warm, caring, and giving," Sorvino says. "She's the most angelic person I had ever met and the most loving. Sorvino's performance is based on Karen Kingsbury's novel and also a personal friend's heartache as she struggled with losing custody of her children and the aftermath of abuse. Sorvino initially saw weakness in Wendy, but that changes as her emotional journey begins to reveal an incredible amount of inner strength. "But, there’s a case to be made for how much Rip and Wendy love the child and how much it would do to rebuild them as a family, to be reunited, and it’s really heart-wrenching the whole time, kind of a nail bitter because you really don’t know what’s going to happen.”
"It’s very interesting because at a certain point in the film you’re kind of rooting for both families, which is an impossibility, obviously," Sorvino says. "I sit there and I say, 'Yeah, don’t give up! Don’t give up! You went out and you fought for your son.' And that’s very honorable and very noble and I think guys will root for that.” Mira Sorvino as Wendyįirst interested in playing the role of the adoptive mother, actress Mira Sorvino quickly changed her mind when she recognized the depth of Wendy's character and her emotional situation as the abused, biological mother of Joey. “As a newly adopted dad myself, I can also relate to (the adoptive father) Jack’s journey and his plight, and how far would you go to save your own son," Downes explains.
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There’s a sensitivity and softness to Barry, to the character of Rip, that is played out in this movie that I think guys internally relate to." And on top of that, Barry Pepper is just so engaging in this film that as a guy you want to watch what he does. "It’s a testament to the characters that Karen Kingsbury developed. “We’ve had guys respond as equally as strong as women, which has been really exciting,” Kevin Downes says. It may sound like a film only moms would care about, but producers Bobby and Kevin Downes say it's a chick flick guys also will want to see. Paralleling the biblical account of King Solomon's wise judgment that revealed the selfless love of a mother, this movie, starring Mira Sorvino, embodies forgiveness and mercy wrapped inside an intense adoption story. Like Dandelion Dust is a heart-wrenching modern-day parable based on a popular Karen Kingsbury novel.
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