Lifetime's "List of a Lifetime" Puts the Spotlight on Breast Cancer Awareness

For Doherty pictured below who stars as Talia39s adoptive mother Diana the film broke new career boundaries Her personal journey of battling breast cancer has been welldocumented over the years yet she has shied away from projects dealing with the subject quotI think this is the first acting thing I39ve done about cancerquot she revealed while recently promoting the film quotI39ve been pretty careful about bringing the acting into that world But when I read the script and found out who all was involved I felt like I had to be a part of it and I was super honored to bequotPart of it was the sisterhood that made this film even more specialquot she continued quotYes the topic is special and everybody39s performances are special but the sisterhood behind the scenes sort of blows everything else out of the water for me I feel like I have a responsibility in my more public life which I separate from my acting life to talk about cancer and to perhaps educate people to let them know that people with stage four cancer are very much alive very active and more than capable of working and to just sort of raise money and spread awareness In my closeknit quarters it doesn39t really come up and my husband says you would never know that I had cancer I don39t ever complain or really talk about it It39s just a part of life at this pointquotquotI just have to say this was such a sisterhoodquot concurred Hu pictured at top left with Kwan quotSeriously this project was really the best project I have ever been on Everyone was absolutely amazing and the bonding that happened during this project was like no otherquotFor Hu who is quite remarkable in the film and carries much of its emotional gravitas the role afforded her something different quotIt was a different kind of character for mequot she shared quotI never get to play these kinds of characters People see me as the martial arts girl kicking butt but kicking cancer39s ass I think is the hardest role that I39ve had to take on so far It was a role that I had the most difficulty preparing for and it had the biggest payoff at the end It was absolutely amazing and I39m so thankful to be able to do something like thisquotConcerning the special content Doherty pictured below was entrusted to create for the film39s premiere she didn39t have to juggle her acting and directing caps quotThe special content that follows the film was broached to me laterquot she revealed quotI was asked if I would like to direct it The response was 39Absolutely as long as this amazing group of women are comfortable with me directing them39 They were and they were amazing Every single one was easy to direct even Roxy our director on the filmquotWhat39s amazing about Lifetime is they really support womenquot she added quotThey do support social issues from this movie about breast cancer to my other recent movie Dying to Belong premiering October 8 that was about bullying and the pressure that society can put on young people today Working with a company like Lifetime and a studio like Lifetime you feel very supported very nurtured and more importantly you feel heard I think women all around the world who tune in also feel heard Their movies connect with people at the end of the day and I couldn39t be more thrilled to be a part of this familyquotAs for reallife bucket lists Doherty is staying wellclear quotI think a bucket list is odd in my particular situationquot she offered in closing quotIt means that I39m sort of trying to check things off before my time runs out So there39s no bucket list because I39m going to be the longest living person with cancer I guess if I had to say one it would just be living that39s the only thing on my list at this pointquotList of a Lifetime will be telecast on October 10 at 8 pm on LifetimeClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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