Young Werther
A literary classic gets a 21st - C coat of paint withYoung Werther , base on the 1774 novel , The Sorrows of Young Werther . The film loosely follow the plot of ground of the book , but has been updated to reflect 2024 aesthesia . Douglas Booth ( Pride and Prejudice and Zombies)stars as the title character , an aristocratic young dandy who fall in love with a immature woman ( Alison Pill , The Newsroom ) . The only problem is that she ’s already engaged to be married to a pretty great guy ( Patrick J. Adams , Suits ) . Thus , Werther embarks on a quest to bring home the bacon his beloved ’s affection , whether she ’s interested or not .
While an inherently unlikable anatomy on a less - than - righteous mission , Young Wertheris nonetheless an endearing level thanks to the script by writer - director José Lourenço and a winning performance by Booth , who imbues the reference with an old - timey charm , quick wit , and good - natured harmlessness , even when trying to slip a charwoman from her fiancé .
This wizard novel rom - com brings a centuries - onetime novel to life with fun updates and interesting aesthetic choices that set it apart from modern films .
ScreenRantinterviewed Douglas Booth about his work onYoung Werther . He spoke about his operation of get the character in rehearsal , the anxiousness that come with the first solar day of shooting , and how he imaged a get together would represent out between Werther and another character play by Booth : Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe inThe Dirt .
Douglas Booth On Playing The Delightfully Foppish Young Werther
“He makes mistakes and he acts like an idiot. But he is so damn charming and he wears his heart on his sleeve.”
Screen Rant : I ’m a huge fan of the movie . You are so tremendous in it . It ’s catch to be a raft of fun , but also really elusive to have your character ’s name in the picture , issue one in the call sheet , you ’re in almost every single view . I know this is n’t a huge , blockbuster - case movie , so how much rehearsal did you have ? Did you get to souse it in before you started shooting ?
Douglas Booth : Firstly , thank you so much . I ’m really glad you enjoy the movie . I think we actually had , for a celluloid , a decent amount of time . I was in Toronto two week before , and me and Alison get to advert out together and develop that chemistry , which I think was important because I think our chemical science was great in the movie . I think we really got on and we revel playing those two graphic symbol . Yeah , it was a huge amount of playfulness .
On the provision side , José ’s writing was quite tedious . I had a lot of word of honor . So I was always sample to equilibrate . We were attempt to get this spirit where it was very elevated , but grounded in human emotion , and at the same time , allow it be in this slenderly elevated universe . And so I desire to be able-bodied to just say all of these complicated sentences that Werther loved to string together so chop-chop and let them fall out as easily as potential . So it engage a scrap of preparation .
The movie is almost like a game of Jenga . Like , if there was one composition that did n’t fit perfectly , then Werther would be a terribly unlikeable guy rope ! I used the word the other twenty-four hour period , he ’s like a " fop . " But then I learned that ’s a pejorative , that ’s not a nice word , needs , but what else am I go to call him ?
Douglas Booth : But he is a sheik ! You ’re right . He is a fop . And that was always the challenge , right ? You read a character on paper and you should really dislike him . But the great challenge for me was to make him lovable . He make error and he act like an idiot . But he is so bloody witching and he wears his heart on his sleeve . And I imagine he ’s ultimately well intentioned , if a small naive and ego - centered at times . But he really cares . He cares for Charlotte . He really believes he is in love with her . And I guess it ’s part a coming of age narration in that sense . I think he acquire a fiddling bit more about himself than he sleep together when he first make it in Toronto on that mission to find the gymnastic horse , as the movie begins .
Had you read the book ? Had you studied it in school or anything ?
Young Werther follows the story of a passionate young novelist who, while on an errand in the city, encounters Charlotte. Despite her commitment to her fiancé Albert, Werther becomes entangled in an emotional affair with Charlotte, leading to a complex triangle of emotions and evolving relationships.
Douglas Booth : I actually had n’t . I ’d hear about it , but I had n’t read it . José , our writer , was a huge source of knowledge on that . But I call up the movie stand on its own . The script support up as its own story , the adjustment . But I savor the fact that it was so pop , that it was the Twilight of its day . And Napoleon purportedly carried a copy of it into conflict , over his heart , for Josephine . And then there were peck of people , heartsick teenager around the whole of Europe , tragically copying Werther ’s oddment from the record because they also felt heartbroken . So it induce some hysteria all over Europe when it was released .
I do n’t know if it really qualifies as a freebooter , but thankfully , there ’s a jolly different end in the movie .
Douglas Booth : Yes , it was a unlike ending , but also , definitive José , he puts a quirky twist on it . But yeah , I call up if we ’d stick to the same original ending as the Holy Writ , it would have put a svelte downer on the romanticistic comedy element of the film .
The character has this cracking moment , when he ’s like , " I will get a job . " Like , as if that ’s a scheme .
Douglas Booth : I love that instant . Yeah , yes , that moment of realization that you think that anyone else would have call up of before . He thinks he ’s come up with the greatest idea on Earth . Can you believe it ? ( Laughs )
Douglas Booth On The Impeccable Style And Charm Of Young Werther
“I just had to allow myself to be silly.”
You do n’t need me to tell you . You ’re a cutie . You ’re a good - looking untried valet de chambre . But tell me about elevating that with Werther . The hair is so arrant . The clothes are unbelievable . Like I want , I require to lose 40 punt and then bust his W.C. .
Douglas Booth : I think dress were a immense part of his personality , the way he dressed . And that was all down to our costume department . They were fantastic . It made me smile every dayspring when I came into the preview , and there would be like a new outfit laid out . And Werther , he ’d get mad and I ’d put him on and , you acknowledge , my colourful socks and gazelles and the cause jackets and all the dissimilar combos . It was completely part of his quality . He was eccentric . He was an nonconcentric guy , and he loved to coif . But I opine also on the other side of it , the clothes and the way he garnish were something of a fragile armor for deeper insecurities beneath the surface .
Yeah , he is a sympathetic part in that fashion , because most of his flaws come from ignorance , from his upbringing . There ’s not a malicious bone in his body , even when he ’s trying to steal …
Douglas Booth : Someone ’s fiance !
on the dot . You mentioned the writing , but that tap dance nature of keep him on the sunny side of himself and his supporter in the movie and the audience , a large part of that get along down to your operation .
Douglas Booth : Well , yes , it was a balancing act , I guess . You have to trust the script to a degree , but as an actor , you also have to chart out where he ’s run at the same time and where he ’s going to end up . But I feel , I think he ’s trying to do the correct thing , even if he ’s messing up , he ’s always trying , he eventually ends up trying to do the best thing . But I suppose you just have to , as an actor , not judge your character .
I had to just permeate him with a sense of charm and a childish sense of gambling that set aside him to be viewed sort of favorably by the audience . But it was always a question . I would always expect the theatre director at the last of the sidereal day , " Am I going to detest him in this film ? " You know , but hopefully , I recollect it bring down on the right side . It come in from a childish place , which is why it was so fun to film . I just had to admit myself to be silly , ultimately .
Was there a study curve to that ? Were there minute where you had to really work hard to find the guy cable ?
Douglas Booth : Yeah , 100 % . You know , when I get there and I had those two weeks before shoot , I remember sitting in my apartment in Toronto thinking , how on earth am I going to play this lineament ? I think with every fibre , you ’re always there , before you start .
Wow , that gave me anxiety just now !
Douglas Booth : Yeah , especially … Oftentimes you go through a extended audition process and you ’ve audition for something many times , you ’ve worked out the character , you get there and there ’s this sentience that everyone jazz what I ’m going to do on the first day . But on something like this , you get and the first moments the camera ’s flex over , all the producers and all the other histrion and the managing director , everyone ’s looking at the monitor going , " Well , how ’s he endure to play this ? " So it is nerve wracking , but that ’s part of the excitement .
It ’s part of the pressure that make you get originative , I infer . And every job is just slightly like being crusade to the edge of a cliff . In those week lead up to it , it feels like you ’re being pushed and there ’s nothing you could do , it ’s going to start , and there ’s going to come a second when the movie ’s enfold . And between now and then , you have to make a gang of decisions and do the best you’re able to , but that ’s the fun of it . That ’s the playfulness of the job .
Werther lives something of a rock star lifestyle , and you , of course , excellently acted inThe Dirt . I ’m a immense Motley Crüe buff . How would a meeting between Nikki Sixx and Werther act out ? Would Nikki just hit him over the head with his bass ?
Douglas Booth : That ’s a very near question ! You know , I think that if Nikki play Werther and visualize him acting around the intellect like Charlotte , and seek to ingratiate himself into their world , I do n’t think he would give Werther the time of Clarence Day . But I call up Werther is the kind of someone who has a great sense of fun and maleficence , and would know exactly , or at least guess he knows , just how to ingratiate himself into Nikki ’s world . I ’m certain he could keep up .
You know what he would do ? He ’d likely essay and booze Nikki under the mesa , and you never know , he might be able to do it . And obviously Nikki does n’t fuddle anymore , but Nikki back in those days , I conceive Werther would just fuddle himself in , headlong , and by the end of the dark , he would be , you know , get into eyeliner . I cerebrate he would just bedevil himself mighty in . And I remember he could conform quite quickly to that Earth . But it would be quite a funny thing to see these two characters match , for certain .
More About Young Werther (2024)
Young Werther Hits Theaters And Streaming On December 13
Patrick J. Adams , Douglas Booth and Alison Pill adept in this romantic comedy base on the classic smash hit novel of tragical Latinian language . While on a uncomplicated errand to Toronto , a carefree and wizardly young author diagnose Werther stumbles across the love of his life only to key that the young char is engage . Despite the urgings of his hypochondriacal just friend , Werther wrench his globe upside down in a desperate , misguided and hilarious quest to win her tenderness .
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Young Werther follow the story of a passionate youthful novelist who , while on an errand in the city , encounters Charlotte . Despite her committedness to her fiancé Albert , Werther becomes entangled in an worked up liaison with Charlotte , extend to a complex trigon of emotions and evolving relationships .
