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 “We became friends immediately she’s a really fun kid,” he says. “She’s so talented and so professional yet she just loves being a kid at the same time. I feel like I related a lot to Anna because of the fact that I was like 10 in my first movie and so I naturally felt a certain protectiveness with her. But she probably didn’t need it because she really is much more put together than I was at her age, more confident I would say. And she has a real healthy sense of separating her work from her life. And for me there was more pressure when I was that age to grow up fast to be an adult. That’s what I thought I wanted. But it was a real joy to work with her.” There’s one scene in the film that definitely stands out where the previously icy cold exterior seems to almost magically become warm and cozy. In reality it’s because we can’t see that this moment that appears to be taking place outside, is actually an indoor pool area. But to the initial viewer it might not seem so. As confusing as it may be, it contains one of Nick’s favorite moments in the entire film. “I really liked the moment where she left the skates behind,” he explains. “Because I always saw it as her growing up a little bit and sort of leaving her past behind and that’s a huge theme in this movie; taking responsibility for your life as an adult and the challenges that that poses. For James and Joleen, and I find this to be true with so many people, they can’t shake the abuse they went through and it stays with them. For me, personally, I’m affected deeply by things that happened to me when I was a kid. I have vivid memories of when I was two and three years old, so that really interested me in the story. I think it’s pretty fascinating how traumatic events can impact you so much.” The movie is definitely a heavy subject matter that does end with a hopeful outlook, but that doesn’t mean the cast didn’t know how to lighten things up a bit when they weren’t working, right? “There wasn’t much to do at all when we weren’t filming,” he confesses. “There was a casino and there was a mall and those were like the two centers of town and so we went to the casino and played craps a lot on weekends. We kind of struggled to entertain ourselves on downtime, |
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