![]() ![]() It’s a minor point, but one that cascades throughout the movie and led to Oher’s big disagreement with how his story played out on the big screen. The movie posits that their young son S.J.’s mismatched schoolyard friendship with Oher is the catalyst for their involvement in his life, while in reality, it was actually Sean noticing Oher on the sidelines at the gym that prompted their involvement. In The Blindside, Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy, the outspoken matriarch of the family and wife of Sean Tuohy ( Tim McGraw), a former college basketball star and wealthy fast food entrepreneur. The Tuohys are conservative Christians and taking Oher in raised eyebrows in their community, but it was quickly a natural fit, even if it didn’t go exactly the way the movie suggested. The kid was out of place, shy, awkward and way behind. ![]() But entering Briarwood was no panacea and produced no immediate change. Within a few months, Simpson had a change of heart and admitted Oher to his school. The principal, Steve Simpson, felt stirrings of sympathy and issued Oher a challenge: get his grades up in another private school and he could enter the far more prestigious Briarwood the next semester. This was a kid who’d never been given half a chance, he told the school president and principal, making the case for a very large exception to their typical admissions process. Still, the school football coach was interested in Oher, not just as a prospect for the team but as a redemption story. Photo: Matthew Sharpe/Getty Images A chance trip to a prestigious private school changed his life… eventually ![]() Michael Oher stands with his family during senior ceremonies prior to a game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on November 28, 2008, in Oxford, Mississippi ![]()
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