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When John O’Leary walked onto the set of “Soul on Fire,” the upcoming film inspired by his own life, he wasn’t stepping into a recreation of his childhood; he was stepping into it.
The scenes of family dinners, prayer around the table and long talks with his father weren’t filmed on a soundstage, but inside his parents’ actual home in St. Louis, Missouri.
It was the same screened-in porch where his father once gently urged him to stop running from the past and the same church where he exchanged vows with his wife.
“This film was shot where it happened,” the 48-year-old motivational speaker and author told The Christian Post. “When you see John having dinner with his family, that’s actually the dinner table where I still have meals with my family. That’s my mom and dad’s house. The scene on the screen porch where John Corbett is talking to Joel Courtney, that’s a real conversation I had with my hero, my dad, on that screened-in porch.”
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The scenes of family dinners, prayer around the table and long talks with his father weren’t filmed on a soundstage, but inside his parents’ actual home in St. Louis, Missouri.
It was the same screened-in porch where his father once gently urged him to stop running from the past and the same church where he exchanged vows with his wife.
“This film was shot where it happened,” the 48-year-old motivational speaker and author told The Christian Post. “When you see John having dinner with his family, that’s actually the dinner table where I still have meals with my family. That’s my mom and dad’s house. The scene on the screen porch where John Corbett is talking to Joel Courtney, that’s a real conversation I had with my hero, my dad, on that screened-in porch.”
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‘Soul on Fire’: William H Macy, John O'Leary on the real-life miracle behind inspirational film
Soul on Fire star William H Macy and John O Leary, whose remarkable story inspired the film, open up about the real-life miracle behind the film and the movement they hope it sparks among viewers
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