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Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie)

2013-09-17 · Q&A · John, Nat Wolff · 4:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books & writing · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, recurring series, on location, self promotion

John and Nat Wolff, who plays Isaac in the TFIOS movie, answer viewers' Twitter questions near the set: the film's faithfulness to the book, Nat's hair, teen cancer survivors, playing a blind character and favourite books.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Question Tuesday in the woods with Nat Wolff (Isaac in the TFIOS movie), questions from Twitter

00:00:17 — Is Shailene a good kisser? Isaac doesn't kiss Hazel; Nat's trophy scene

00:00:46 — Funniest person on set; how true the movie is to the book; Nat's not-blonde hair and John's view that it doesn't matter

  • ★★★ Nat Wolff: Nat says the movie is very true to the book: people love it and it is already so realistic that barely anything had to change. (hedged) — 00:00:55 · The Fault in Our Stars (film), The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★★ Noting that Nat does not have blonde hair, John says as the author of the book that such details don't matter to him at all. — 00:01:10 · The Fault in Our Stars
  • ★★ John says he may write a Tumblr post on why such details don't matter to him and link it below; the description links the post. (hedged) — 00:01:17 · Tumblr
  • ★ Nat Wolff: Nat apologises to tweeters about his not being blonde: neither of his parents is blonde, so he couldn't control it. (playful) — 00:01:22

00:01:33 — One more movie (Taxi Driver); meeting teen cancer survivors; John crying on set

  • ★★ Nat Wolff: Nat says the one movie he would watch would probably be Taxi Driver, probably his favourite movie of all time. (hedged) — 00:01:36
  • ★★★ Nat Wolff: Nat says meeting teen cancer survivors at a hospital was overwhelming: within minutes they talked movies, TV and music, and he realised they are normal kids in a really lame situation. — 00:01:48 · cancer

00:02:10 — Working again with director Josh Boone; John and Nat working together

  • ★★ Nat Wolff: Nat, on his second movie with director Josh Boone, calls Boone one of his best friends and hopes to work with him for the rest of his career. (hedged) — 00:02:14 · The Fault in Our Stars (film)

00:02:30 — Playing a blind character: contacts, losing self-consciousness, research and Scent of a Woman

  • ★★★ Nat Wolff: Nat says that when filming Isaac's blind scenes he really can't see, using covered glasses or contacts, which is freeing: you lose all self-consciousness. — 00:02:31
  • ★★ Nat Wolff: Nat says he prepared by watching online videos of blind people, meeting a man named Ethan, and watching Scent of a Woman. — 00:02:43

00:03:14 — Favourite book (The Catcher in the Rye), favourite Beatle and colour

  • ★★ Nat Wolff: Nat says his favourite book of all time is The Catcher in the Rye, which, like Hazel, he read at an important time in his life. (hedged) — 00:03:16 · Hazel Grace Lancaster
  • ★★ John says The Catcher in the Rye is probably his favourite book too and offers to send Nat the videos he made about it; the description links them. (hedged) — 00:03:24
  • ★ After Nat names Paul and blue, John jokes that his own favourite Beatle and colour are John and green. (playful) — 00:03:28

00:03:46 — Joint sign-off to Hank, take two

Humor (significant)

  • John reads the viewer question 'Is Shailene Woodley a good kisser?' to Nat, whose character never kisses Hazel. — 00:00:22

    “Was that question meant for me?”

  • Both John and Nat claim to be the funniest person on the TFIOS set until Nat concedes. — 00:00:51

    “You're second, you're second, but it's a distant second.”

  • John asks Nat whether he has seen John cry on set. — 00:02:07

    “John cries... at a good meal.”

  • Asked about working with director Josh Boone for a second time, Nat feigns contempt before calling him a best friend. — 00:02:14

    “Ugh, screw him, man.”

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Mentioned

Central: Nat Wolff · Question Tuesday · The Fault in Our Stars · The Fault in Our Stars (film)

Also: People: Al Pacino · Ansel Elgort · John Lennon (“John”) · Josh Boone · Paul McCartney · Shailene Woodley

Works: Scent of a Woman · Taxi Driver · The Catcher in the Rye

Organizations: Tumblr · Twitter

Groups: The Beatles

Concepts: cancer

Characters: Hazel Grace Lancaster · Isaac (character, “The Fault in Our Stars”)

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