The Hollywood Reporter has an interview with Stephenie Meyer, Andrew Niccol, Saoirse Ronan (Melanie Stryder), Jake Abel (Ian O'Shea), and Diane Kruger (The Seeker).
We have to admit, upon hearing that Stephenie Meyer’s The Host was to be adapted into a major motion picture, we were skeptical.
After all, the novel is told from the perspective of an alien Soul who has taken over the body of a human named Melanie Stryder. And, in the novel, Melanie can be heard loud and clear within her own head, even though nobody else can hear her on the outside. How then would the actress tasked with playing Melanie and Wanderer (aka Wanda, the Soul) deliver their frequent internal dialogue to a third-party audience?
That actress is Saoirse Ronan, who director and screenwriter Andrew Niccol says was the only choice for the role. “There was no plan B to play her,” Niccol tells The Hollywood Reporter. Asked whether she was worried about how the book would translate on film, Meyer said, “No. It’s obvious, totally obvious. You just need to have the most brilliant actress in the world, and you don’t have a problem. And we got her, so we were really lucky.” She added: “When you have an actress of that caliber, especially when not everybody knows who she is yet, I think she’s going to blow people away. And then you give her this concept role, it’s like a gift.”
So how will Wanda and Melanie’s conversations play out on film? What was the most challenging scene to adapt for the screen? And where will the story go as Meyer’s trilogy plays out on paper? THR asked the film’s key players -- Niccol, Meyer, Ronan and co-stars Jake Abel and Diane Kruger (Ian O’Shea and The Seeker, respectively) -- several burning questions about The Host as the film nears its theatrical release.
WARNING: Spoilers ahead if you have not read the book.
Read the full interview HERE.
via THR
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