Zooey Deschanel has her personal dream endings for 2 of her most iconic film characters: Anita from Virtually Well-known and Summer time from 500 Days of Summer time.
“The factor about Anita is you don’t actually know that a lot about her apart from she’s, like, a stewardess [or] a flight attendant,” Deschanel, 43, completely advised Us Weekly whereas selling her newest movie mission, Dreamin’ Wild. “And he or she loves music.”
Deschanel, who portrayed Anita within the 2000 coming-of-age movie, famous that her character was “the catalyst, in a method, by leaving a document assortment” for her brother, William Miller (Patrick Fugit), who’s the protagonist. (Within the film, excessive schooler William hits the street with rock band Stillwater whereas making an attempt to land a canopy story for Rolling Stone.)
Frances McDormand, Zooey Deschanel, and Patrick Fugit in ‘Virtually Well-known’. Dreamworks/THA/Shutterstock
Regardless of understanding little or no about Anita, Deschanel thinks the character is “hopefully doing one thing [in] music” after touring all around the world.
On the subject of Summer time’s fortunately ever after, Deschanel envisions a romantic story line.
“I hope Summer time and Tom discovered one another once more later in life,” she advised Us, referring to her 500 Days of Summer time character’s onscreen love curiosity, Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).
Within the 2009 rom-com, Tom falls for Summer time — who later breaks his coronary heart. Whereas Tom picks up the items and will get a second likelihood at love with Autumn (Minka Kelly), followers are nonetheless vocal to at the present time about how Summer time handled Tom.
“Watch it once more. It’s largely Tom’s fault,” Gordon-Levitt, 42, tweeted in 2018 in response to continued fan backlash over the film’s ending. “He’s projecting. He’s not listening. He’s egocentric. Fortunately he grows by the top.”
Deschanel echoed her costar’s sentiment in 2019, telling Leisure Weekly, “I’m simply so shocked when girls will likely be like, ‘I hated your character in that film!’ I’m like, ‘Actually? She stated the whole lot from the start!’”
Deschanel famous that the distaste for Summer time might be pegged to Gordon-Levitt’s likability. “I believe it’s additionally a testomony to how, like, lovely you’re within the film,” Deschanel advised her castmate on the time. “Everybody’s like, ‘What?! Why would you flip him down? He’s so cute!’”
The polarizing views over 500 Days of Summer time are why Deschanel has entertained the concept of constructing a sequel. “We at all times talked about 500 Days of Summer time. , what’s a special perspective on that? However yeah, I don’t know,” Deschanel advised Us when requested a few attainable second movie.
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in ‘500 Days Of Summer time.’ Watermark/Kobal/Shutterstock
For now, Deschanel is targeted on Dreamin’ Wild, which hits theaters Friday, August 4. Within the film, which relies on the true story of brothers and musicians Donnie and Joe Emerson, Deschanel performs Donnie’s spouse, Nancy Sophia Emerson.
“I actually wished to be sure that she was completely satisfied. It’s powerful I believe [when] you’re enjoying an actual particular person,” Deschanel advised Us of her function, noting that Nancy was “very supportive” of the musical duo throughout their street to success. (Donnie and Joe’s 1979 document, Dreamin’ Wild, was rediscovered in 2008, resulting in newfound fame and accolades.)
Deschanel described Nancy, who at present performs together with her husband, as “a cheerleader, actually, for Donnie and a really supportive accomplice.” She added: “I do know she wished it to come back throughout that she wasn’t jealous or something, when he began to get success from his, like, type of teenage work. She was very supportive, and I wished to respect that and be sure that got here throughout. I wished to ensure I did proper by her.”
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With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton
