GB Rowing Team athletes walk the red carpet at the official The Boys in the Boat UK screening

The athletes were invited to a special screening of The Boys in the Boat at the Curzon Mayfair last night

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GB Rowing Team Men's Squad members George Bourne, James Rudkin, Jacob Dawson and Tom George walk the red carpet. (Photo: Joe Maher/Getty Images for Warner Brothers)

Director George Clooney, producer Grant Heslov and actors Callum Turner and Joel Edgerton were all in attendance.

GB Rowing Team members Kyra Edwards and Saskia Budgett, both UCLA alumni, know exactly what it’s like to compete in a Varsity 8+ crew in America

The film The Boys in the Boat is based on the bestselling book written by Daniel James Brown, telling the true story of the University of Washington rowing crew that represented the United States in the Men’s eight at the 1936 Summer Olympic games in Berlin.

Reigning World Champions in the Men’s eight for two years running, Rory Gibbs, Tom Ford and Sholto Carnegie (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images for Warner Brothers)

The Boys in the Boat is in UK cinemas from 12 January 2024.

Representing the Paralympic Squad, Paralympic Champions Erin Kennedy and Ellen Buttrick also attended the screening (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images for Warner Brothers)

 

Lucy Glover, Graeme Thomas, Tom George and guest, Hannah Scott and Ollie Wynne-Griffith (Photo: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Warner Brothers)

 

Rowers on red carpetJacob Dawson, a graduate of the University of Washington appropriately wore his Washington Rowing Varsity jacket. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images for Warner Brothers)