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It works because it doesnt have a go at be more than that.
It just gives me an all-encompassing warm feeling inside.
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I mean thats the reason that 15 years later were still talking about it.
SHANE WEST:It genuinely was a phenomenal experience.
You couldnt ask for anything more.
Do you remember auditioning?SW:I do.
Back then, I did audition for it, but I swear to God I only read once.
The whole process was so unfamiliar to me and weird.
I just loved him.
What do you remember about meeting each other?MM:Shane was so cool.
I was just so caught up in the moment and the experience.
Shane was so wonderful.
He had a lot of respect as an actor and I was just the total newbie.
I didnt even know how to hit a mark, I was so fresh-faced and naive.
He was just the perfect partner for that.
It was great for the role because thats how the characters are put together in the movie.
She really grew up on that movie.
We all did, but we were all in our 20s apart from her.
I might have had a baby face and thats great, but I believe I was 24.
I remember I wasnt keen on that idea and thankfully it didnt happen.
It just didnt feel right.
The person just didnt seem right.
When they brought up Mandy, I was like I dont know Mandy.
Mandy, your character doesnt necessarily have the most flattering wardrobe in the movie.
There was a real significance to coloring my hair.
It was the last little piece of the puzzle I think in terms of getting into the character.
The makeup and wardrobe?
I knew what I was signing up for.
I dont really care.
I remember the first makeup test when they cut my bangs and were doing the first camera test.
They made me so ghostly white that it was just a little uncalled for Im not dead yet!
SW:I remember that Mandy was very nervous about dying her hair.
She kind of went with that look after that she didnt go back to the platinum blonde.
We did that so we could bond me and the guys and girls minus Mandy.
Instead, we all pretended that wemighthave been drinking to be out of control dangerous or whatever is was.
It was giant pool overgrown with leaves and seaweed.
Not only because it was freezing, but if anything touched our legs we wouldve screamed.
It was one very long night, but we got through it.
MM:I remember that scene too because I came down to watch that be filmed.
I remember putting on that beautiful ice blue, silk dress and everyone fawning all over it.
It was the first time that I wasnt in a ratty sweater and an over-sized housedress.
They were still trying to figure it out so we had to do several different versions.
That was a sort of bizarre experience.
Both Jamie and Landon have bucket lists in the movie.
Like to see a star?
And to get married in the church where my parents were married!
Shane, Landon only has three, can you name any of them?SW:Oh, no.
Um, um, um, oh man.
Which was?SW:Um, oh my God!
I dont know…
Ill give you a clue; you also had this job onER.SW:Oh!
Man, thats amazing.
Was one to get married?
I have no clue what the others are.
The first one is to examine a moon rock.SW:Oh, my… what?
I dont remember that at all.
Thats like you couldve just made that up right now.
Youll have to go back and watch the movie to find out.SW:Oh, my Lord.
Im going to complain to Nicholas Sparks about that one.
Sounds like that was from the novel.
I cant imagine the scriptwriter having put that in.
Do you remember the handshake between Landon and Eric?
Al Thompson, who played Eric, he created it on his own.
He wanted something that could help us stand apart.
Im fine with it if the studios fine with it.
When we did it again towards the end of the film, it obviously wasnt scripted.
We knew itd be more potent if we added it in again.
I always liked that one because the scene was very real.
It was almost like we really believed what we were saying and we were just talking.
Once again, Adam put the camera up and let it run.
We had the dialogue, we werent improvising, but he just kind of kept going.
I just remember seeing her cute little face and cute little smile and being so affirmative about her beliefs.
So thats always a line that stood out to me.
That one I know because that one was me the sarcasm was all Shane.
It was very easy for me to say, Thats not a problem.
Okay, I might kiss you.MM:I might be bad at it.
Then she completely blows him off.
Do you remember what you said?MM: Okay, bye or something?
Its like, Okay, see you tomorrow.MM:Thats so dismissive!
I was two and a half months in Peru shooting a film calledEl Dorado.
We were in Cusco where Machu Picchu is and we got to spend the day there.
MM:Oh, I dont know thats a hard one.
If Id been to Machu Picchu Id say that too.
I climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge thats pretty memorable, right?
The views are incredible.
