Moviemaker Darren Aronofsky invited the English teacher who inspired him to become a writer to film a cameo role in his upcoming Biblical epic Noah.
When the director/screenwriter was 13 years old, he was given an assignment from his English teacher, Mrs Fried, to write about peace.
Aronofsky penned a poem about the story of Noah and the dove that made its way to the Biblical character following the Great Flood.
His piece won a United Nations contest, and Aronofsky tells The Hollywood Reporter that it gave him "the courage and spirit to be a writer."
More than three decades later, while he was filming Noah, he asked his mother, a retired teacher, to track down Mrs Fried.
They got in contact with her and brought her from her home in Florida to the set and he gave her a cameo role in the film, playing a one-eyed crone in a scene with the movie's star, Russell Crowe.
Noah hits cinemas in the US next month.
WENN.com
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