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“Your lives would make a great film,” I tell Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh. I promise I’m not sucking up. Their story has serious blockbuster appeal. The pair met playing hockey as teenagers, fell in love as adults, and overcame career-threatening injuries and major sporting setbacks to win Olympic gold for their country. It’s a heartwarming saga with a strong emotional arc and queer women wielding giant wooden sticks. Who wouldn’t want to stuff their face full of popcorn while watching that on the silver screen?
They seem keen on the idea so I ask who would play them in this sapphic double-biopic? Team captain Kate doesn’t need long to decide. “Jennifer Lawrence. She’s ballsy. She’s like, ‘This is who I am’.”