If not for the poor editing, acting and a couple of narrative blunders, it could have been a complex character study. Rated R and filled with doomed protagonists - including a young teen lover played by 16-year-old Brooke Shields - it had a Shakespearean quality. The earlier movie, based on Scott Spencer's acclaimed 1979 novel, was at least an interesting failure. Imagine going to a San Francisco Giants game and finding out the team forgot to bring a baseball. Perhaps worst of all, the Lionel Richie/ Diana Ross hit "Endless Love" is not included in the film. The update is a different kind of failure, too much endless and not enough love. The obstacles that come in the way for Jade and David are family and school, etc., things that don’t feel like a stretch for their relationship."Endless Love" is a remake of a passionate but horribly executed 1981 movie, best remembered for the ubiquitous wedding song that it spawned. When you’re 17 or 18, the other person is the only thing that matters to you. PETTYFER: I think because it touches on real subjects. Q: What do you think makes “Endless Love” feel like a real relationship? Do you think the audience will relate? My favorite song at the time was “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons, so I snuck off to go hear them. It was raining so hard, that the sound was a bit off. Some of the bands were great, some I couldn’t hear. The subject matter was very controversial in the 80s where ours is much more lighthearted. Jade’s relationship with David is more of an addiction. The original has a lust vibe to it, more than love. PETTYER: Our movie is very different from the original. Q: How does this movie compare to the 1981 version? You should recognize some places in the film. So I didn’t get a chance to experience it we filmed in all over the place, though. PETTYFER: I did six to eight shoot days, and when I would have a day off, I’d either sleep or go to Six Flags. If the scene had to be redone, I would definitely not be up for going back in that water. I don’t think that scene is in the film anymore, but right after I kiss her, a snake swims by, and she (Wilde) grabs me so tightly I can’t breathe and I’m going under. There is a scene where me and WIlde are swimming and she falls on me and I grab her tightly. Filming in the lake was interesting – there were snakes in the water. water balloon fights and swimming in the lake. Q: What was your favorite scene to film in the movie? I just wanted to be a part of making movies, whether it was being a grip or a camera man. I didn’t know if I was going to be an actor or not. PETTYFER: Films were escapism for me as a kid. Q: When and how did you know that you wanted to act? It’s like riding a bike you slowly get better. I had a dialect coach that made it very easy. In “Beastly,” it was the first movie I did an American accent with. Q: How easy is it to put on the American accent? You’ve done it before does it come easily to you? I almost had to take back the experiences that I’ve had so far in my life. And when I went back to 18, there was a certain way of thinking. PETTYFER: Well, I’m 24 and I had to go back and mentally be 18. Q: Were there any challenges that you experienced while filming the movie? Q: In what ways do you compare or not compare to your character, David? Right before Pettyfer’s meet and greet in Phipps Plaza and the screening of “Endless Love,” The Signal got the opportunity to talk about the film. When they meet and he pursues her, they form a passionate relationship to the dismay of Jade’s father. Axelrod is secretly and madly in love with Wilde’s character, Jade Butterfield. Pettyfer stars as David Axelrod, a recent high school graduate and mechanic’s son with a checkered past. It is the second adaptation of Scott Spencer’s novel of the same name, the first being the 1981 film starring Brooke Shields. Coming out this Valentine’s Day, “Endless Love” stars Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde in a story about young love.
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