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Nearly 20 years after her act of bravery helped end one of North Carolina’s most bizarre crime stories, Leigh Moore says she’s still learning what compassion really means.
“I chose to forgive him,” she told The Christian Post. “He didn’t mean to hurt me. And it’s just easier to forgive than to carry that anger around. You’re only hurting yourself if you hold onto it.”
Her story, one that weaves together betrayal, faith and redemption, is now being told on the big screen in “Roofman,”Paramount Pictures’ new true-crime drama. Channing Tatum stars as Jeffrey Manchester, with Kirsten Dunst as Leigh Moore.
Directed by Derek Cianfrance, the film revisits the saga of Jeffrey Allen Manchester, a charming ex-paratrooper-turned-serial robber who became notorious for breaking into McDonald’s restaurants through their roofs before being captured, imprisoned and later escaping from a North Carolina prison in 2004.
Manchester spent months hiding in a Toys “R” Us store, building a secret nest above the bike racks and living off shelves of M&Ms, before venturing out one Sunday to a nearby church.
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“I chose to forgive him,” she told The Christian Post. “He didn’t mean to hurt me. And it’s just easier to forgive than to carry that anger around. You’re only hurting yourself if you hold onto it.”
Her story, one that weaves together betrayal, faith and redemption, is now being told on the big screen in “Roofman,”Paramount Pictures’ new true-crime drama. Channing Tatum stars as Jeffrey Manchester, with Kirsten Dunst as Leigh Moore.
Directed by Derek Cianfrance, the film revisits the saga of Jeffrey Allen Manchester, a charming ex-paratrooper-turned-serial robber who became notorious for breaking into McDonald’s restaurants through their roofs before being captured, imprisoned and later escaping from a North Carolina prison in 2004.
Manchester spent months hiding in a Toys “R” Us store, building a secret nest above the bike racks and living off shelves of M&Ms, before venturing out one Sunday to a nearby church.
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Real-life woman who forgave the ‘Roofman’ opens up about compassion, betrayal and faith
Leigh Moore shares the true story behind Roofman, starring Kirsten Dunst and Channing Tatum, which brings to life one of North Carolina s most bizarre crimes
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