Does John Green Think About Writing Movies?
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Having his books adapted as screenplays is icing on the cake for “Paper Towns” author John Green.
“I’m just trying to live inside the world of words as much as I can,” the writer, who is also responsible for last year’s hit “The Fault In Our Stars,” tells Made in Hollywood. “If someone wants to make a movie of it later, then we’ll have that discussion. But the book has to live as a book.”
Now that he’s had success with people wanting his young adult novels for the big screen, he admits the thought occasionally crosses his mind while he writes – but – he doesn’t let that take away from the points he wants to illustrate in his work.
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“Now that I’ve met actors and I’ve been on movie sets, it’s hard not to think about [the] possibility [of turning books into movies],” he says, “But … it’s almost become part of my writing process to try to forget all of that, and go into the story.”
The film – which centers around Quentin (Nat Wolff) setting out on a mission with his friends to find the girl next door Margo (Cara Delevingne), who mysteriously goes missing – hits theaters July 24.
Watch the trailer below.
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