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On the TFIOS Movie Set

2013-08-27 · John, Ansel Elgort, a guest · watch on YouTube · Books & writing · personal update

John checks in from the set of The Fault in Our Stars movie, overwhelmed to see his imagined story become visible; he says the film exists because readers loved the book and that the cast and crew feel responsible to them.

What is said

00:00:00 — Greeting from a trailer on the TFIOS movie set; producer Isaac; weird angle to hide locations; laughing and crying; no spoilers

  • ★★★ John is on the set of The Fault in Our Stars movie, in a trailer with producer Isaac, filming at a deliberately weird angle so as not to give away locations, and cannot show the set (no spoilers). — 00:00:06 · The Fault in Our Stars (film)
  • ★★ John says he has been laughing and crying and cannot keep his emotions in check; he thinks the crew think he is crazy. (hedged) — 00:00:21

00:00:30 — Hanging out with Shailene and Ansel (Ansel paints miniatures), Hazel's movie parents, the location gag, the screenwriters, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries Emmy

  • ★★ John says he had a great day hanging out with Shailene and Ansel, and reports that Ansel paints miniature figurines: "He's one of us!" (playful) — 00:00:30
  • ★ John also hung out with Hazel's mom and dad - in the movie, not real, though it feels real. (playful) — 00:01:06 · Hazel Grace Lancaster, The Fault in Our Stars (film)
  • ★★ John congratulates Hank on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries winning an Emmy, after the film's screenwriters, on set, congratulate Hank too. — 00:01:24 · The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

00:01:32 — What John does on set: headphones and a monitor; his imagined story becoming visible; "what is air" and Josh Boone

  • ★ John says that on set he mostly listens on headphones while watching a monitor. — 00:01:32
  • ★★★ John says it looks boring but is amazing to see a story that long existed only in his imagination become visible, from the Phalanxifor bottles to the costumes, which is why he keeps laughing and crying. — 00:01:37 · The Fault in Our Stars

00:01:59 — An exciting and scary time: the movie exists because readers loved the book; everyone on set feels responsible; poison ivy

00:02:45 — Thanks to Nerdfighteria, Emmy congratulations again, sign-off

Humor (significant)

  • After someone blurts that they are filming in Pittsburgh, they scramble to hide the location by naming other states — 00:01:11 > «No, no, no we are in Alaska.»
  • John keeps saying the internet exclamation 'Oh my God, what is air?' and director Josh Boone explains that air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen — 00:01:49 > «clearly Josh you are not spending enough time on the internet.»
  • Mid-way through his sincere point about responsibility to readers, John notices the plants around him — 00:02:41 > «Oh my God, I think that's poison ivy.»

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