Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Other Zoey is a fun romantic comedy with a novel twist. Zoey Miller finds herself on vacation with Zach MacLaren and his family, after the football star suffers a concussion and confuses her for his girlfriend, also coincidentally named Zoey. On the vacation, Zoey finds herself in close quarters with Zach’s cousin Miles and must choose who she wants to be with while also maintaining the ruse that she is the right Zoey.
Sara Zandieh: The script came to me through my agents. I had made a rom-com a couple years ago called A Simple Wedding, so I think they thought it was kind of similar. They sent me the script, I read it and it was just a really fun read. It was quirky, and amusing, and heartwarming, and it explored the theme of love, which is something I always try to explore in my work. It was just a really cute, fun movie, and I really liked the main character.
I also love John Hughes. He's one of my favorite directors. When I was in high school, we didn't have a YA category; we just had John Hughes movies. I loved Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller and Pretty in Pink and 16 Candles and Weird Science. I feel like Josephine also reminds me a bit of Molly Ringwald, so I was just excited to do a new spin on it.
I know your last film, A Simple Wedding, came out of somewhere that was pretty personal for you. I'm not sure if you've ever been the other Zoey, but is it different to work on something where maybe you weren't as emotionally involved from the get-go? I didn't know Josephine was already attached. When you're casting the other characters like Zach, and everything, are you collaborating with Josephine on finding those people?
Sara Zandieh: Because we got such great cast members in the supporting roles, their roles were expanded. There were a couple more lines, and we did a little bit of improv. We wanted to give everyone a good amount of screen time, because we pulled off such an incredible cast. Jorge Lopéz was also a really fun supporting role, and we were really excited to have him and gave him a bit more. It was hard to trim it down.
Entertainment Entertainment Latest News, Entertainment Entertainment Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: DEADLINE - 🏆 109. / 63 Read more »