- Title: Edge of Seventeen tells teen tale
- Date: 10th November 2016
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 09, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CAST POSING CLOSE UP OF KYRA SEDGWICK HAILEE STEINFELD POSING (SOUNDBITE) (English) HAILEE STEINFELD SAYING: "As I think I mean I remember reading the script for the first time and normally, I feel like I read a script for the first time and I decide that I like it and go back through it and pick up on things. The first time I read the script I was like I mean there were so many things when I connected to with this character and in the story and the other characters. So much of her really is me. Her awkwardness level for one." STEINFELD AND DIRECTOR POSING STEINFELD ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) HAILEE STEINFELD ON THE DIFFICULTY OF GROWING UP, SAYING: "This movie this character is trying to answer those questions that we ask ourselves daily. Those questions being who are we and what are we good at. And what is our place in this world how and what are we supposed to do to fit in, do we even want to fit in. It's questions that I've been trying to find the answers to myself for that last couple of years of my life." WIDE SHOT OF THE RED CARPET KEVIN BACON AND WIFE KYRA SEDGWICK KYRA SEDGWICK, HAILEE STEINFELD AND DIRECTOR/WRITER KELLY FREMON CRAIG (SOUNDBITE) (English) KYRA SEDGWICK ON GROWING UP, SAYING: "I don't really know why, I think that a lot of things are happening physically to us, as teenagers that we don't really understand, and our brains are not fully formed and I think it's a time of deep reflection and self-loathing." KEVIN BACON AND WIFE KYRA SEDGWICK (SOUNDBITE) (English) KYRA SEDGWICK ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, SAYING: "I feel mostly just very sad about the state and division of this country. I feel like I want to get on the bus with other like lefties like myself, who live in New York and L.A. and go in the middle of the country and like let's talk about what makes us similar instead of what divides us, our shared humanity let's talk about our hopes and dreams for the future of our lives and the future of our children' s lives, because we all can agree on so many things, I know it." SEDGWICK ON THE RED CARPET WIDE SHOT OF THE RED CARPET JAMES L. BROOKS PRODUCER ON THE RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRODUCER JAMES L. BROOKS, ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, SAYING: "I don't know. It was something that people generally didn't see coming. And something that scares me, has me worried. I think the quiet demonstrations in New York tonight and elsewhere were so eloquent. It is not angry people it is people worried for the country." VARIOUS OF CAST TAKING A PART OF THE #MANNEQUINCHALLENGE
- Embargoed: 25th November 2016 05:57
- Keywords: "The Edge of Seventeen " Hailee Steinfeld Kyra Sedgwick James L. Brooks
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA00157V1ZD9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Hollywood star Hailee Steinfeld's promising film career is more the reflection of classic grace than the angst-filled role she plays on screen in the coming of age teen film, "The Edge of Seventeen," which premiered on Wednesday night (November 09) in Los Angeles.
"This movie, this Character is trying to answer those questions that we ask ourselves daily," explained Steinfeld, who told Reuters that she shares many qualities with her on screen character Nadine.
"Those questions being who are we and what are are we good at. And what is our place in this world how and what are we supposed to do to fit in, do we even want to fit in. It's questions that I've been trying to find the answers to myself for that last couple of years of my life."
Written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, "The Edge of Seventeen" is a coming-of-age movie that offers an honest, candid, often comedic look at what it's like to grow up as a young woman in today's modern world. Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista. All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.
Kyra Sedgwick, who plays Nadine's well-meaning but completely ineffective mother, remembers her high school days less than fondly.
"I don't really know why. I think that a lot of things are happening physically to us, as teenagers that we don't really understand," said Sedgwick. "And our brains are not fully formed and I think it's a time of deep reflection and self loathing."
Sedgwick also weighed in on the Donald Trump's shocking victory over Hillary Clinton.
"I feel mostly just very sad about the state and division of this country," said Sedgwick. "I feel like I want to get on the bus with other like lefties like myself, who live in New York and L.A. and go in the middle of the country and like let's talk about what makes us similar instead of what divides us, our shared humanity, let's talk about our hopes and dreams for the future of our lives and the future of our children' s lives."
"The Edge of Seventeen," which also stars Woody Harrelson, Haley Lu Richardson and Blake Jenner, opens in theaters on November 18. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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