Day 4
Technically, Gayle Forman’s interview occurred on Day 5.
Let’s just say I’m skipping ahead to the fun stuff.
If I Stay is Gayle
Forman’s heartbreaking Young Adult novel about a seventeen-year-old girl whose
life is changed when she and her family are in a car accident. Nearly everyone
attending Forman’s interview had read the book. The room crackled with
excitement when it was announced an unnamed special guest from the movie would
be joining us.
The Inside Scoop on
the Movie
Gayle Forman became the Executive producer on the film. The
book had been out for seven years by the time filming began. By then, the
readers had become like a focus group, Forman explained. She knew which scenes
they liked; their favorite lines from the book. This was a huge help in
adapting the book. (Shauna Cross wrote the screenplay.)
Actress Chloe Grace Moretz had been attached to the project
from the start. Having her on board helped get the movie made. The search for
the male lead, however, was more difficult. But the moment Forman saw Jamie Blackley’s
(Snow White and the Huntsman) audition
she knew they had found the right actor to play Adam. Chloe had been equally adamant
about Blackley. The young stars became close during the filming. Liana
Liberato, the surprise guest, confirmed that she and Chloe had sleepovers every
Saturday. Forman found it rewarding when Chloe and Liana became BFFs.
If I Stay - the movie - debuts in the USA on August
22, 2014.
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| Melissa Marr interviews Gayle Forman at RT Booklovers Convention, New Orleans 2014 |
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