Come on, with a title like “Dear John,” you know there has to be some heartache, right?
movie might have a wartime theme, but make no mistake: This is about
romance, not the battlefield.
“I want people to know that this is a movie about
two people falling in love for the first time,” says Seyfried, best
known for starring opposite
The film, based on the novel by “The Notebook’s”
tells the story of a couple kept apart because one is serving in a
military overstretched after 9/11. Seyfried knows there are lots of
romantic partners these days who can identify with that scenario.
“I appreciate how hard it is for these soldiers to leave their families,” she says in a phone interview from
Seyfried’s character, an independent-minded
woman named Savannah, has to cope with having a boyfriend who in the
days after 9/11 feels pressured to extend his service in the military.
Now, about that heartache.
It’s never easy turning a book into a movie,
especially one with a bittersweet story arc. In the case of “Dear
John,” the ending of the completed film was reshot in January, just
weeks before its
A spokesman told the paper, “The filmmakers, with
Nicholas’ blessing, added a scene that leaves the audience with more
possibility of what might happen.”
Tatum acknowledges the film’s less bittersweet ending.
“When you make a film, things can get lost in the middle,” he says. “The good thing is that Nicholas trusts us with his story.”
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