It’s a mutual admiration society of two between director MIRA NAIR and star HILARY SWANK in the new biopic, AMELIA. We spoke with NAIR yesterday here in Beverly Hills and she talked about the title role in her film needing an actress that projected certain strong qualities in order to portray America’s most famous aviatrix, AMELIA EARHART. As NAIR put it, HILARY SWANK “…is a daredevil, this chick”. Listen in below:

AMELIA opens in theaters today