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are working out who they are? Yeah, absolutely. I feel like this movie is all about finding your identity and it's something that every character deals with. Basically, the way they feel inside versus the way they present themselves to the world. Those two ideas don't always match up. I think the film is a journey to kind of meet in the middle of these two intersections of how you present yourself and how you feel and if there's a way to do both of those at the same time. I think one of the reasons there've been so many movies about high school is because it’s a time in your life where you're feeling a lot of emotions – love, heartbreak, loss – perhaps for the first time.
And those emotions, being new and raw, can be pretty intense. Yeah. Jack Antonoff [who is Executive Producing the Love, Simon soundtrack] was actually talking about this. He said that it's a time when you're desperately trying to pronounce who you are to the world, but you don't really have the tools to do that. So it’s just a big ol’ stew of trial and error and emotions.
Talking of which, you have some big emotional scenes with your ‘movie parents’, Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel. How was working with those two experienced actors? It was great. Yeah, they are both so experienced. But different. Jen is very maternal. She has a very maternal instinct and so she's always making sure everyone's okay. And Josh is sort of a practical joker. So he keeps everybody on their toes. And they were both… well, I couldn't think of a cooler set of parents than those two right there.
As mentioned, you have powerful scenes with both. How was it filming those? As an actor, do you feel nervous or excited when you know you have one of those ’big scene’ days? Honestly, it's dread. It's just pure dread! [Laughs] But then once you actually start doing it, it starts to sort of untangle itself and the scene kind of unfolds, especially when you're working with such professionals. It doesn't really feel like there's a whole lot of ceremony behind it. It's kind of this very straight forward and safe environment to explore and have fun. And make mistakes!
But those are great scenes. It must feel good when you capture them? You can maybe give yourself a little pat on the back, yeah. There's definitely a sense of satisfaction that comes from feeling like you did a good job and feeling like you actually reached a place of understanding with the other characters. That you successfully make believed, I guess. You pretended well!
People certainly seem to have had a very warm reaction to it. That’s great. It's definitely a feel-good movie. It's a movie that is meant to be shared and it's a movie that's meant to be experienced.
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Love, Simon in cinemas 6th April 2018. Pick up your copy of Live 24-Seven April magazine to read the Interview with Nick Robinson in full.
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