10. When it came to Andie’s style for the rest of the movie, patch Explained for CNN“I wanted to use different designers to make it more real, as opposed to designing them.” The cost turned to Yves Saint Laurent, Prada, Marni, Narciso Rodriguez and Marc Jacobs to put together the elegant author’s wardrobe.
11. Explains that he “loves to work in sneaky ways to keep things fresh and in the moment”, Petrie was a great advocate for his actors who improvised in scenes.
“I go to Kate and say,“ Hi, see if you can get him to do this? “, He shared.” And I go to Matthew and tell him: “See if you can get her to do it,” but you are in opposites, so they each get an intention that the other will hinder. “
A brilliant example is in the scene where Andie surprised Benjamin by bringing a dog to his office. “I stood with Kate and saw Matthew over the room watching his reflection and fixing his hair,” recalled Petrie. “I turned to Kate and said,” Hi, it’s not in the script, but somewhere in the scene just starts kissing him and trying to ruin your hair as much as you can. “And immediately Kate is so excited about the stage, she has this secret.”
Instead of calling the unexpected gesture, McConaughey went with it and I knew I could throw things on these two actors at a certain time and they would just go with it, ”Petrie said.
