What Shane West Has Said About His Relationship With Mandy Moore On 'A Walk To Remember'
Shane West and Mandy Moore's chemistry in A Walk To Remember is the entirety. The energy between them used to be so electric that fanatics have puzzled if Mandy was absolutely head over heels with the ER star. While Shane hasn't slightly had the epic career that Mandy has had since the 2002 film was released, enthusiasts are nonetheless in love with either one of their characters, Landon and Jamie respectively.
So many co-stars in romance motion pictures actually have not gotten alongside at the back of the scenes, but this does not seem to be the case between these two stars. In reality, Shane believes the chemistry within the film was once aided through their very actual off-set connection...
6 Shane West Credits Mandy Moore With The Success Of A Walk To Remember
There's undoubtedly that A Walk To Remember is thought of as to be one in every of the best films based on stories by author Nicholas Sparks. While there were no doubt a couple of the reason why the film is so very popular, together with Adam Shankman's path, Shane believes the selection to cast Mandy is the primary one.
"I think having Mandy really helped, because she knocked it out of the park but also came from this music background, so she was able to do that and perform," Shane said in an interview with Vulture. "One of the moments that stood out for me when filming was when we were doing the play. My character didn’t want to be there, didn’t want to act, and didn’t care. She comes out and does this amazing vocal performance, and that’s exactly when Landon knew, and he falls in love with [Mandy Moore's character] Jamie. I remember during that long, long day of shooting, sweating under those lights, that we had something special. Because I could just tell the way she was killing it in the performance, the way it was being filmed — all I had to do was sit there and react. Maybe that was lightning in a bottle right there. I was struck by her performance in reality, during the moment. I was proud of her in reality, during the moment. I was also trying to act, which was also some of what Landon was feeling. So I believe she was feeling it, I was feeling it, and the audience will know if you’re lying or not. We certainly weren’t lying."
5 Shane West Believes He And Mandy Crushed On Each Other
Perhaps probably the most famous factor that Shane has said about his relationship with Mandy on the set of A Walk To Remember is that he believes there was once something between them. In his 2021 interview with Vulture, Shane admitted that there was romantic and sexual chemistry shared on the set between most of the forged participants. And, sure, this incorporated him and Mandy. Although, they apparently did not act on it.
"We all had chemistry offscreen, in the sense of bonding and in friendship, including [Mandy], which is the funniest thing because all the other characters had been bullying her. Everyone liked each other. It was the opposite of the movie. Everyone got along and had a great time. And yeah, there was chemistry. I think we [Mandy and I] both had a little bit of a crush, but then we were just there for each other in the most honest and purest of ways. That sounds incredibly corny but is true and rare."
4 Shane And Mandy Had Chemistry Almost Instantly
In his interview with Vulture, Shane claimed that he felt that he and Mandy had chemistry virtually instantly. While he wasn't confident enough as an actor to truly look from the out of doors in, he may feel it.
"I remember thinking Mandy, even though I didn’t know her, was perfect for this [movie]," Shane said. "We had a sit-down audition. It was one of the nicest auditions ever, where Mandy and I got to read together, with the director, at Warner Bros. for an hour or two, almost like we had the part. You don’t really do that. But I think he had always said that [Mandy] was his favorite and I was his favorite, so he wanted to put us together, work with us, and see if we could have chemistry. Apparently, we did."
3 Shane West Loved Mandy Moore's Hair
When requested about the now-iconic sweater that Mandy wore in the movie, Shane claimed he didn't actually pay much consideration to it once they shot the film. Instead, he was once extra focused on her hair.
"What we really paid attention to all the time was Mandy’s hair. Because she had dramatically rolled the dice to completely change her image for this movie. She was blonde, and now all of a sudden, she was brunette, and that was something that we were always talking about and staring at. That was the true, behind-the-scenes reality of, 'Wow, she looks great. This totally worked.'"
2 Shane West On His Intimate Scene With Mandy Moore
As identified in the Vulture interview, some of the intimate moments in the entire film is the butterfly tattoo scene. Shane did not think a lot of the scene when he learn the script, but issues changed when he actually filmed it with Mandy.
"It was fun to do. It’s hard to not smile when you’re looking at Mandy’s cute, adorable face — to react to that. And it made it easy. I couldn’t get that tattoo right. I was screwing it up constantly. There should be outtakes. I don’t think there are — where I peel it off and it’s like a third of a butterfly, or half a butterfly, or it didn’t work at all. Then she starts laughing and then it’s all worthless. So I think the combination of us joking around made the ultimate reveal more of a success."
1 There Won't Be A Walk To Remember Sequel But Shane Wants To Work With Mandy
When Shane used to be requested about whether or no longer he and Mandy would return to their characters from A Walk To Remember in some form or every other, his reaction was once basically a 'no'. However, he mentioned outright that he needs to paintings with Mandy again.
"I don’t think it would continue as Landon and Jamie. I think it would continue as Shane and Mandy if a different project happened," Shane admitted. "There’s no script; I’m just throwing it out there that we’ve always been like, “Yeah, that’d be cool if we did something one day.” But we’ll see if it ever happens. That would be the “sequel”: a different project starring the same, familiar faces."
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