The third film in The Divergent series, based on Veronica Roth’s third book, Allegiant, is being broken up into two films. We caught up with three of its stars and the producers of the film.
Shailene Woodley
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Shailene Woodley talked to us about her character “Tris,” her feelings about her, and the ending of the franchise; they’ll be filming the last film this summer. She also talked a little about her upcoming role on HBO’s series, Big Little Lies, with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman among other things.
Theo James spoke to us from London. He said it was easy to get back into the role of “Four” and that he did his stunts and had the bruises to prove it. He even told us about other films he’s worked on, including The Secret Scripture, and working in Morocco on Backstabbing for Beginners.
Zoë Kravitz
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Zoë Kravitz, who we saw in Mad Max: Fury Road last year along with Insurgent, talked to us about being in franchises, and how she feels her character “Christina” has calmed down compared to the two previous films in the series. She even told us why she enjoys doing independent films compared to big blockbusters. And she’s in the studio with her band working on their second album.
Zoë Kravitz
Theo James
Shailene Woodley
The producers, Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher, came in and shook everyone’s hands before they sat down. This begged the question: were they running for office? That gave us a nice chuckle. Wick and Fisher have been the producers on the franchise from the beginning. They filled us in on some of the early things they realized about the young actors and what was ahead for them…and how Kate Winslet wanted to be in this film also. It was some good insight to the making of the films.
Wick & Fisher
Robert Schwentke directed the Lionsgate’s sci-fi film. It also stars Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Jeff Daniels, Ansel Elgort, and Miles Teller.
Now listen in on the conversations. —A.O.
