“I learned very quickly I could get images of her that really expressed the deep emotions Judy wrote about in the novel,” Larry Blume said. Playing Davey Wexler was demanding since the novel is written in the first person Holland appears in every scene. “We figured they’d seen everybody worth seeing,” Judy said.Īt 23, Willa Holland already had an extensive resume as a model, as well as supporting roles in TV’s The O.C. The Blumes had just one day in Los Angeles to cast the female lead but made a shrewd move to use the casting company that found Jennifer Lawrence for the producers of Winter’s Bone. Because she co-wrote the screenplay, Judy says the finished film is probably more faithful to the book than most adaptations, though the main character, Davey, was aged up a few years. “He feels very close to it because he came to live in New Mexico as a young teenager.”Īll that work resulted in a film that completely satisfies the author, who admits she has teared up at every screening.
“It has always been Larry’s favorite,” said Judy. Tiger Eyes, based on Blume’s 1981 novel about a girl whose life is upended when her father dies violently and her mother moves the family from New Jersey to New Mexico, will be released on June 7, in theaters in 10 cities and simultaneously via video on demand. Mother let son choose which film to make. It wasn’t ‘now or never,’ but it was close.” “But I think she finally decided, ‘I’m not getting any younger,’ and she wanted to be on location, which is really grueling. “There has always been a lot of interest – people who wanted to adapt Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, or, especially, the Fudge books,” said the author's son, Lawrence Blume. That someone doesn’t call her Judy, or Ms. And in every case, Judy Blume said, “Thanks, but no thanks.” Then, two years ago, someone finally persuaded her to make a feature film based on one of her 28 novels. Over the years, Hollywood came calling many times.
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