High praise indeed from Sara!
Author Sara Gruen's widely adored Water for Elephants nearly didn't get published at all. "It didn't fit any genre – people couldn't decide if it was a romance or a murder mystery," she says. "It had an elephant as a main character – and it was set in the world of circuses. Circuses? No one had any idea what to do with it."
Finally, Gruen says, "in the last 15 minutes of possibility," Algonquin Books bought it. The rest, spurred mostly by word of mouth and passionate book-club members, is publishing history: Water for Elephants has sold 3.7 million copies worldwide, and the movie version just finished shooting with Twilight vampire-hunk Robert Pattinson and Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon in the lead roles.
What do you think of the casting for the movie of Water for Elephants?
I think Robert Pattinson is really going to shine in that role. He's so dedicated. This was a rough-and-tumble shoot, and when I was there on the set, he'd be lying in the dirt for 18 straight takes in a row, and he would nail every single one. He's a nice guy, and he reads. He always has a book in his hand. My family got cameos. I'm in a scene where Rosie [the elephant] is raiding a produce stand.
Source DallasNews.com head over there to read the rest.
Thanks to a_svirn for the tip!
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