The Paper Towns trailer is out! The Paper Towns trailer is out! In case you couldn't tell, we are pretty psyched about this film, the second film adaptation of a book by beloved YA author John Green (maybe you've heard of The Fault in Our Stars?). Before the trailer was released worldwide this morning, a few lucky fans got a sneak peek of it last night at an event in New York City.
Cara Delevingne has an amazing American accent. We are impressed.
Director Jake Schreier is really, seriously nervous about pleasing the Paper Towns fans. Before the two clips were played, he apologized each time that the music wasn't done, that the edit wasn't quite complete, and so on until John Green mocked him for being so shy about his work. Nothing to be nervous about!
Paper Towns is "vastly" different from The Fault in Our Stars, John said. "It's not about death!" Phew. Put those tissues away.
John got even closer with Nat Wolff on set for this movie. They've basically spent the last two years together.
The first time he read the book, Jake was not interested in directing a film version because he found the book too "painful," as in too real. We get that.
John says that Nat only read Paper Towns on set of TFiOS "just to be nice," says John, but of course he wound up loving the book. "There was no one else in mind" for the role, John claims. Nat was a natural fit!
Cara brought a "crazy intensity" to her audition, the group agreed. "It didn't feel like acting," Jake explains.
John learned over time that Halston Sage is a huge nerd, but that's a good thing. "I like nerds way more than I like popular people."
Halston says her best memory from set is the cast singing Taylor Swift "all day every day." We can relate.
John did film a cameo in Paper Towns, but it remains to be seen whether it will also be cut, like his cameo in TFiOS was. "I really took it up a notch from 'Girl's Father,'" this time, he laughs.
John thinks his first script for Paper Towns was just bad. Bad. That's why the movie took so long to be made after it was first optioned.
His only other book that's been purchased at this time is Looking for Alaska. Shall we start the casting guessing games?
And the fun doesn't have to wait until July 24! Fox shared the following video of fan reactions from last night's event exclusively with Teen Vogue. Take a look at the clip below to join in with the pandemonium.
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