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25 years after release Erin BrockovichThe achievements of the real-life heroine of the beloved film are still revealed-even by the closest ones.
“I walked in on my grandparents that happened to be watching Erin Brockovich”Brockovich was told, 64, only Weekly US In promoting his role as a World Ambassador for Made by dyslexia. “They’re going, ‘that’s you? So, Julia Roberts Is your play, but that’s not you? ‘I’m going,’ Yes, I’m! She plays me! ‘”
Brockovich rose to international fame after Roberts, 57, played it in the 2000 film for her attempt for justice against the Pacific Gas and Electric in Hinkley, California. Roberts would win the best actress Oscar for her performance.
While the award-winning academy film highlights her actualism, Brockovich’s day-to-day life has also continued to focus on her family, including her four grandchildren-that is slow but certainly learning their grandmother is a special person. (Brockovich shares the daughter of Elizabeth, 34, with her second husband, Steven Brockovich, and her son, Matt, 42, and her daughter Katie, 30, with her first husband, Shawn Brown.)
“They really don’t pay much attention to him because they are Gigi,” Brockovich said of his grandparents. “But as they get older, they ask a few more questions. It’s a trippy, strange experience.”
Two and a half decades since the release of the film, Brockovich is delighted to remain transferable to audiences.
Julia Roberts in ‘Erin Brockovich’
General Everett Collection/Courtesy“It’s always a good story when Isdog gets up, right?” he said. “I can’t believe she’s been longer than 25 years. I was 31 then and a single mother to 3. Now I’m 64 and Grandma to 4. I’m glad the message is still resonating.”
Brockovich, who has dyslexia, now uses his evil -ity to shed light on how dyslexic can be a powerful tool through his role as a world ambassador for dyslexia, a world -wang organization and charity founded by Kate Griggs.
Kate Griggs and Erin Brockovich
Made by dyslexia“There are about a billion dyslexic out there that often slip through the cracks, especially through the education system because they process differently and are not understood,” explains Brockovich. “They can be put aside. In order to have this opportunity to open the world to a billion dyslexic and the incredible, creative visual thoughts, carefully considered-if we can bring them all together, only the energy and change it creates for the future-I think it is excellent.”
He added, “I can’t tell you without exciting and standing up and making jump jacks.”
Brockovich called his role with the organization as “some of the most significant work that any of us could do at a world level.”
As well as leading those made by charity and moving dyslexia, Griggs also maintains the podcast “Lessons in dyslexic thinking,” Brockovich was a guest recently.