- Out January 27, Penguin Bloom is new movie on Netflix starring Naomi Watts and Andrew Lincoln.
- Penguin Bloom tells the true story of Sam Bloom, a mother-of-three who was gravely injured during an accident in Thailand.
- Stars Naomi Watts and Andrew Lincoln worked with the real-life couple for the film. In fact, it was filmed in their house.
Naomi Watts has a knack for playing resilient, real-life women dealing with the aftermath of disaster. In 2013, Watts starred in The Impossible, a harrowing movie about a family caught in the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. With the Netflix movie Penguin Bloom, out January 27, Watts plays Sam Bloom, a mother-of-three who is paralyzed after a freak accident—also in Thailand.
Penguin Bloom, which Watts produced alongside Reese Witherspoon, begins with the moment that changed Sam Bloom’s life forever. In 2013, Bloom, her husband…
