Video taking off 14x its usual first day

Colin Farrell and Emma Fogarty's marathon becomes "The Slightest Touch"

HBO Max's documentary trailer follows the longtime friends from a casual suggestion to training together on Irish roads.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 324,019 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (22,440).

The Slightest Touch | Official Trailer | HBO Max

Colin Farrell begins with a voice message to Emma Fogarty: "I have a dream now to make this film together."

The film is The Slightest Touch, an HBO Original documentary about their friendship and a shared undertaking at the Dublin Marathon. Its trailer has drawn more than 210,000 views in its opening hours, putting it well ahead of HBO Max's usual start for a short upload.

Fogarty explains that she lives with Epidermolysis Bullosa, or EB, and that she was not expected to survive beyond her first week. The marathon marks her fortieth birthday. Farrell pushes her wheelchair for the final four kilometers, one for each decade of her life.

The trailer gives space to the preparation as well as the race. Farrell trains with Fogarty in a specialized racing chair on Irish roads, and both acknowledge the physical toll the undertaking could take on her. She describes her condition as progressive; he explains why he has agreed to let cameras into his personal life: "The reason I'm here is the same reason you're here. It's for Emma."

By the finish-line footage, the crowds are cheering them through. But Fogarty has already stated what matters to her, in her own words: "You either live, or you die. And I want to live."

The Slightest Touch premieres November 25 on HBO Max.

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