Their solely hope! Very like different film diversifications primarily based on writer Nicholas Sparks’ catalog of novels, A Stroll to Keep in mind charmed viewers with its candy love story between Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore) and Landon Carter (Shane West).
“[It’s] bananas,” the This Is Us star solely gushed concerning the movie 16 years after its preliminary 2002 debut in January 2018. “It [makes] me really feel actually previous! It’s loopy. It seems like one other lifetime in the past. However I’m so blissful to have fun it and so blissful that folks nonetheless — it’s related and nonetheless means one thing to individuals. Meaning quite a bit.”
The “Sweet” songstress even admitted to Us Weekly on the time that she hadn’t rewatched the movie in almost ten years, although nonetheless remembered her fond reminiscences on set.
“I had no thought what I used to be doing. Each time I had seen it, which isn’t fairly often, I simply assume like, ‘Aw, that little lady had no thought what she was doing,’” she recalled to Us. “I bear in mind Shane needed to train me easy methods to hit the mark. I didn’t know something. He was like, ‘No, no, no. You gotta come right here.’ I knew nothing.”
Moore performed highschool pupil Jamie within the romantic drama, which hit theaters in January 2002. As Jamie embraced her mortality amid a tough leukemia battle, she quickly crossed paths with unhealthy boy Landon when he should be part of her within the college play to make up for previous mischievous actions. As the 2 teenagers fell in love on display screen, trustworthy viewers had been instantly captivated by Moore and West’s connection as they introduced the 2 literary characters to life.
“All of us had chemistry offscreen, within the sense of bonding and in friendship, together with [Mandy Moore], which is the funniest factor as a result of all the opposite characters had been bullying her. Everybody preferred one another,” the Nikita alum defined in a June 2021 interview with Vulture. “It was the other of the film. Everybody bought alongside and had a good time. And yeah, there was chemistry. I feel we [Mandy and I] each had a bit little bit of a crush, however then we had been simply there for one another in essentially the most trustworthy and purest of the way. That sounds extremely corny however is true and uncommon.”
Although it has been years for the reason that pair’s costarring debut, they’ve continued to gush about their film bond and their movie expertise.
“Welp. These 2 gents are nonetheless a number of the greatest round. Cherished catching up with ya, @theshanewest and @adamshankman. My ❤ is full,” the Easy methods to Deal actress captioned a February 2017 reunion pic with West and director Adam Shankman.
Scroll under to see what the Stroll to Keep in mind solid has been as much as for the reason that film’s launch:
