I Still Believe
I Still Believerelates the true story of contemporaneous Christian musician Jeremy Camp , who lost his first wife Melissa to cancer when she was only 21 . Based on Camp ’s memoir of the same name , the moving picture explore not only their love and his grief , but also his faith and power to carry on .
The vocalizer - songwriter also actively participated as a producer of the picture , which get in theater this weekend . In an interview with Screen Rant , he shared how the Erwin sidekick first approached him about turning his book of account into a film and how hard it was to be relieve his own tale all over again .
I had no idea about your chronicle , Jeremy . No clue . Can you talk to me about how this even got made ?
Jeremy Camp : Right . I ’ve been partake my news report for years . And I even pen a book called I Still consider that really went into astuteness and detail of my story . A twosome geezerhood ago , the Erwin Brother who did I Can Only Imagine said , " Hey , we ’re doing a story call I Can Only guess establish on Bart ’s life from MercyMe . "
I know Bart , so I said , " Oh , that ’s awesome . " They said , " We record your book , and we sense that your book could be a movie . " And I went , " Oh … " But at that point , it was great , but I ’ve had so many multitude say thing to me over the years that you just kind of go , " That ’s majuscule . If it happens , it happens . "
Well , Imagine derive out ; it did amazing . And they called up and read , " Hey , we require to talk about doing the movie . " They did n’t want to do another biopic , because why would you desire to do two in a row . But we had an interview together , with me and my wife and them . After the audience , they live on , " We have to do this correctly now . We have to . " And I think that we all felt like it was the right-hand timing . It was like God ’s timing ; this is the right time .
And I find it . I ’m visit what ’s happening ; I ’m going , " I ’m so glad that we waited to do this until now . "
I ’m not an emotional guy cable , but it make me .
Jeremy Camp : It ’s hard .
You ’ve tell the story a lot , but how was seeing it play out again and reliving the experiencing ? I heard that you were there almost every single Clarence Shepard Day Jr. . Is that a different experience than telling the floor ?
Jeremy Camp : Yeah , because I conceive when you ’re take in something [ do ] out , you have a visual . If we ’re visual , then it can strike a different chord . That ’s why I retrieve film also - I can share my tarradiddle with somebody , but when you ’re watching it , it does something dissimilar .
It was knockout for me . There ’s moments that I had to walk out from the cinematography and just go against down . It was n’t easy . But I would come back , and then I ’m watching my family and going , " Wow , but God , you ’ve been so faithful . This is like the darkest part of my living , but now look what you ’ve done . " I call back there was a feeling of Bob Hope and a renew sense of religious belief innocence .
It ’s interesting because my girlfriend really got me into the whole faith . I was an atheist , straight up . She come me really into it . It ’s a very like level to you , where her mother exit of cancer three years ago . She was secernate me about how it felt like it her mom ’s tempest , but it was really her violent storm to go through . And there ’s something to take away from that about belief . Can you talk to me about what you opine audiences are going to take away from this ?
Jeremy Camp : Yeah . I ’m unashamed in my faith , and I ’m okay with that . People are like , " Do n’t be so sheer , because people … " I do n’t give care , because here ’s why . It ’s not because I want to thrust it in anyone ’s human face , but it ’s been my comfort . I consider that no matter what you believe , you ’re going to go through severe times . You know that , you ’ve been through hard fourth dimension no matter what you consider .
But for me , I want to taper people to an existent solution . And the solution with for me was my religion in Jesus . Maybe not everyone ’s gon na want to do that , and that ’s okay . But I ’m gon na pass on that out there , because I need to give some kind of solution to what I go through . Because that was my everything . It ’s exciting to me , because I ’m like , " I ’m okay . I ’m gon na be super bold , because it ’s what got me through it . "
KJ Apa plays you , plain . verbalise to me about how he played you . Just musically alone , did he do you justice ?
Jeremy Camp : Yeah ! I intend , it ’s punishing because it ’s a dissimilar style , and he ’s unlike in every aspect . But this is what I have sex about it : he did an awe-inspiring take on it , because he did it in his own form of style that I felt up was very authentic to him . And so , I felt like I was majestic of it , because I go , " Yeah , that was unquestionable to you , so I find it . "
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