A dive into the differences and similarities between the film adaptation and the English Channel swimmer’s real life.

But how faithful is the film adaptation of Ederles real-life story?

What the movie doesn’t mention, however, is that Ederletook home some serious hardware from the Olympics.

Daisy Ridley as Trudy Ederle in Disney’s live-action YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA.

Daisy Ridley as Gertrude Ederle in ‘Young Woman and the Sea’.Courtesy of Disney

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Less than a month before, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel.

The real Gertrude Ederle.Bettmann Archive/Getty