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Jennifer Garner finds faith, again, in 'Miracles From Heaven'
It wasn't Christy Beam's idea to have Jennifer Garner, or any other movie star, portray her.
When approached about a film adaptation of her memoir, Miracles From Heaven — an account of how Beam's daughter Annabel survived a harrowing accident and surmounted an unrelated, life-threatening medical crisis — Beam, 43, politely refused to offer advice on casting.
"I said, 'I don't do that for a living,' " she says. "But when I found out it was Jennifer, I was so honored and humbled."
For Garner, also 43, the decision to play Beam in the film (in theaters Wednesday) was a no-brainer.
"I stayed up all night reading the script with a knot in my stomach," the actress says.
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At that point, Beam's book, published last April, wasn't even out yet.
But author and preacher DeVon Franklin had a tip from a friend who knew Beam had a book deal. Franklin loved the concept