How 'Booksmart' went from a script collecting dust since 2009 to this year's must-see movie of the summer
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"It was something that I was instantly attracted to and something that I wish I had as a kid," Elbaum told Business Insider of why she signed on."It was reminiscent of 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' and I had not made one of those yet so I was like, 'Yes, sign me up!'"And Elbaum thought she had the perfect director for it: her friend, Olivia Wilde.
"What we wanted to do was update the story to 2019, because so much had changed for young women," Silberman told Business Insider."We really clicked when we realized we wanted to do the same thing." That was a necessary element because — from casting through shooting — Silberman was constantly tweaking the script to fit the actors' strengths. Wilde was less focused on choosing actors who would fit what was on the page and instead selected those who wowed her."She would come back from a casting session and say, 'We don't have anyone like this yet, but we have this incredible actor and we have to put them in the movie,'" Silberman recalled.
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