Behind the Scenes During Filming of
The Great Gilly Hopkins
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| Sophie Nelisse and Toby Turner act out a scene in the bus station. |
S. E. Hinton did it in the film adaptation of her novel The Outsiders. And Louis Sachar did it in the film version of his book Holes. Now Katherine Paterson has done it--she has filmed a cameo role in the movie version of her novel The Great Gilly Hopkins, the story of the brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable 11-year Gilly who is shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.
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| Katherine Paterson and Sophie Nelisse get direction for their scene. |
Katherine admits on her website that her childhood dreams did not include wanting to become a writer, "The fact
is that I never wanted to be a writer, at least not when I was a child,
or even a young woman. Today I want very much to be a writer. But when I
was ten, I wanted to be either a movie star or a missionary." And now, with her cameo role in The Great Gilly Hopkins, Paterson has attained her childhood wish!
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| Toby Turner, Sophie Nelisse, and Katherine Paterson. |
The title role is played by the young Sophie Nélisse. "Best Actress" Oscar winner Kathy Bates plays Maime Trotter. The star-studded cast also includes Julia Stiles, Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, Toby Turner, Clare Foley, Bill Cobbs, Billy Magnussen, Zachary Hernandes, Salvatore L. Rossi, and Sammy Pignalosa.
The
movie is tentatively scheduled to play in theaters in early 2015, but
don't wait for the movie! Why not visit your local library and share the
joy of this National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner with the young
people in your life today?
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| Clare Foley and Sophie Nelisse. |
