Get a first look at the film adaptation of the Judy Blume classic.
It’s Me Margaret.
That gave her confidence that the film would have the same honesty that she is so known for."
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“It’s absolutely insanity.
I still can’t wrap my brain around it.”
“I was and still am a diehard Judy Blume fan,” she notes.
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I need to read absolutely everything this person does because somebody out there sees me.
She says the unsayable.
“Even though it was from a different time, it still felt so present and real.”
“I am a father, I am Jewish, I am a husband,” he says.
Nobody ever looked at me in that way."
“It’s the same across the decades.
It feels so comforting to know that you’re part of a long lineage.
It takes that ‘you’re not alone’ feeling and multiplies it exponentially.
While much attention is lavished on the puberty aspects of the story,Are You There, God?
And do I believe it?
And what do I believe?'
She’s asking life’s biggest questions inside this coming-of-age journey.”
“That was something that was hard, to actually get in and try and portray that.
Buried amongst all of the story is this idea of family and sacrifice.
That moment of having to hold back and be open-minded against your own heart was tough.”
Fortunately, Safdie had the joy of working with Bates.
The two also bonded over their experiences working with Adam Sandler.
For Craig, it was an opportunity to give audiences a new side of Bates.
Not an easy task with an actor who’s had a remarkable, decades-long career.
“You see Kathy in a character that you have never seen her in before,” she adds.
“She is so glamorous and vibrant, and she’s just juicy.
She’s so funny and the grandma that everybody wants.”
Are You There, God?
It’s Me, Margaretopens April 28.
