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2022-05-24 · collab / interview · John, Cree Cicchino · 3:59 · watch on YouTube

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

A longer version is linked in the description: https://youtu.be/g8JgA3Zqomc.

On the set of the Turtles All the Way Down movie, John interviews Cree, who plays Daisy. She talks about why the role appealed to her (being a hype man for the people she loves), about the earlier adaptations of John's books, and about seeing her own mental health journey in the story.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Last looks, framing joke, greeting; Cree introduced as Daisy; favourite Beatle and colour

  • ★★★ John introduces Cree, who plays Daisy in the Turtles All the Way Down movie. — 00:00:00 · Turtles All the Way Down
  • ★★ Cree Cicchino: Cree says she is not working today but is visiting the set out of pure love for the cast and crew. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Cree Cicchino: Asked for her favourite Beatle, Cree gives her sister's favourite, Ringo; her favourite colour is burgundy. (hedged) — 00:00:00

00:00:29 — Reading the book; why Cree connected with Daisy; her ad-libs

  • ★★ Cree Cicchino: Cree says she read the book, calls it gorgeous, and says she devoured it very quickly. — 00:00:29 · Turtles All the Way Down
  • ★★★ Cree Cicchino: Cree says that as she gets older she appreciates being the hype man for the people in her life. — 00:00:29
  • ★★★ John says that what is really powerful in the movie is Daisy saying, in effect, that she admits she does not know what this is like for you but believes you; Cree says she loved that about Daisy, and that Daisy gets to make some jokes. — 00:01:04
  • ★★ John says Cree's ad-libs at the end of scenes are so funny that some can't be in the movie, and he laughs at every take. (playful) — 00:01:04

00:01:27 — Earlier adaptations of John's books and the 'John Green multiverse'

  • ★★ Cree Cicchino: Cree has seen the other adaptations of John's books; for The Fault in Our Stars she went with friends who brought blankets, knowing they would cry. — 00:01:27 · The Fault in Our Stars (film)
  • ★★ John says Bella and Cree have invented the John Green multiverse, in which all his movie adaptations exist inside one complicated universe of parallel universes. (playful) — 00:01:56
  • ★ Cree says she is trying to be cast in the next adaptation; John says that if there is a next one she is a shoo-in, though she may be 35 by then. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:56

00:02:25 — Puppies or kittens, indoors and outdoors, fan fiction, mental health and the story's importance

  • ★ Cree Cicchino: Cree likes puppies but would be a kitten herself: a house cat who likes being inside, lying in patches of sun. — 00:02:25
  • ★★ John says that at Cree's age he thought of himself as primarily an indoor phenomenon, but as he has got older he has become interested in the outdoors. (playful) — 00:02:25
  • ★★ Cree Cicchino: Asked about Star Wars fan fiction, Cree says she loved writing growing up, and everything she wrote as a kid was messy, unintentional fan fiction of books or shows she liked. — 00:02:54
  • ★★★ Cree Cicchino: Cree says everyone has a relationship with mental health struggles, even if they are not their own, and she certainly does. — 00:02:54 · mental disorder

00:03:24 — Thanks, John's on-set role jokes, sign-off

  • ★★ Cree Cicchino: Cree says she saw a lot of herself and her own mental health journey in Aza. — 00:03:24 · mental disorder
  • ★★★ Cree Cicchino: Cree says the cast and crew know it is a really important assignment and take it very seriously. — 00:03:24

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The description says the conversation is wonderful and John is so happy and grateful. — video description
  • ★ The description says there is an extended cut of the interview, and that it is hilarious. — video description

Humor (significant)

  • Before the interview John points out what is wrong with their camera framing — 00:00:00

    “Is that we're definitely diagonal.”

  • Asked for his own favourite Beatle and colour, John answers with his own name — 00:00:29

    “Mine are John and green.”

  • John explains why he is on set although he is not needed — 00:03:24

    “And indeed why I'm here even though I have no job other than to eat Cheetos.”

  • Cree thanks John for letting her be in the movie, and he takes the credit — 00:03:24

    “As the person who is in complete control of every aspect of this production”

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Where the stories that moved here went next

Mentioned

Central: Cree Cicchino · Daisy Ramirez · Turtles All the Way Down (film)

Also: People: Isabela Merced · John Lennon (“John and green”) · Ringo Starr

Works: Let It Snow (film) · Looking for Alaska (miniseries) · Paper Towns (film) · Star Wars · The Fault in Our Stars (film) · Turtles All the Way Down

Groups: The Beatles

Concepts: fan fiction · mental disorder · Multiverse

Characters: Aza Holmes

Also centred on Turtles All the Way Down (film): On the Movies · An Amazing Day · A Casting Announcement · Hello! Meet Aza! · Director Hannah Marks Is Nervous To Meet You · The Truth of How Books Become Movies

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