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Kelley O’Hara On Executive Producing Her First Short Film ‘Ripe!’ and Keeping Teamwork Central After Her Professional Soccer Retirement
Kelley O'Hara revealed what her role involved as executive producer, the scene she most relates to and her plans post-retirement.
Luke Anderson, a close college friend she met freshman year in the same dorm on the same hall, reached out to the two-time Women’s World Cup champion in February 2023 to ask for her partnership in backing Ripe!, a short film from directing duo Tusk — Olivia Mitchell and Kerry Furth. “[Luke] signed on as an executive producer and was basically like, ‘I need to find somebody as a good partner in this.’ And when he thought about it in terms of somebody who understands queerness and football, he was like, I’m calling Kelley,’” O’Hara told Deadline. Did the context of what happened after Spain won the Women’s World Cup and the coach kissed Jenni Hermoso and caused outrage factor into the setting of the story?
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