Trailer for Carrie Underwood’s big-screen acting debut is released

Carrie Underwood scored her first movie role in the upcoming “Soul Surfer,” and the trailer was just released, showing Underwood looking more down home like in her “Idol” days than the glammed-up country diva we all know (and love).  EW scored the first-look at the film, which tells the well-known story of Bethany Hamilton, the teenage surfer who lost her left arm in shark attack, which derails her promising surfing career before she overcomes her disability and begins surfing again.   Underwood looks believable enough playing a church youth group leader in the upcoming drama, who says stuff like “I don’t know why terrible things happen to us sometimes, but I have to believe that something good will come out of this.” Underwood’s only previous acting credit was a guest appearance on “How I Met Your Mother,” which earned her a People’s Choice Award nomination (that ultimately went to Demi Lovato). “Soul Surfer” also stars AnnaSophia Robb (better known for her Disney fare like “Race to Witch Mountain” and “Bridge to Terebithia”) as Hamilton, while Helen Hunt and Dennis Quaid play her parents. The movie is scheduled to hit theaters on April 8th.