Films, roles, actors: "Bridge to Terabithia"

The film "Bridge to Terabithia" was filmed at the "Walt Disney Pictures" studio in 2007 by the director Gabor Chupo based on the story of the American novelist Catherine Paterson. The book was written in 1977, the plot was based on deeply dramatic events, the direct participant of which was the son of the writer David Paterson, who at that time was barely 8 years old. The boy was friends with Lisa Hill, his rovestnik, and one day a misfortune happened. Lisa was killed by a lightning stroke, walking in the rain. Shocked, David could not believe that fate could be so cruel, and when he turned 11, his mother wrote the story "Bridge to Terabithia," where a 10-year-old girl also dies in the course of the plot. Children's drama is deeper and more tragic than the adult, the child's soul is more vulnerable. Therefore, when in 1985 the story "Bridge to Terabithia" was staged on television, the picture gathered a large teen audience.

Casting

The script for the film in 2007 was written by David Paterson himself - who, how could he not feel the depth of the tragic story. What actors were shot? "Bridge to Terabithia" is a deeply personal film, and the performers were selected carefully. First, the role of Leslie was predicted by Dakota Fanning. But the actress Anna-Sofia Robb won the director a deep understanding of the image of young Burke, the main character of the film, and the role went to her. The film "Bridge to Terabithia" was supposed to have several school rallies, and for these episodes, ordinary schoolchildren were recruited. But, since the dramatic plot developed in the film, it was not possible to limit the crowd. The actors of the movie "Bridge to Terabithia" were supposed to be qualified, and the director along with the agents began the search, which ended quite successfully. All secondary roles in the film were played by graduates of theatrical studios, young actors. "Bridge to Terabithia" Captured all, Worked enthusiastically, everyone felt responsible, because in this picture everything had to be reliable. Each character was characteristic - these are the sisters of the main character Jess, and his parents. Therefore, the actors "Bridge to Terabithia" have been re-read once in the form of a book and a script to understand the character of their character.

The drama of the plot

The protagonist of the picture, Jess Aarons, a ten-year-old boy, a student of an ordinary American school, suffers from a disorder of his personal life. At school, young Aarons can not find friends, he is considered a loser, and, besides bullying, he can not count on anything. At home, he is also unlucky, two older sisters stubbornly ignore his brother, only younger sister Mei Bel, who is only six years old, agrees to be friends with Jess.

Once in the house in the neighborhood settled the family Burkov, a married couple, in which a daughter, a ten-year-old Leslie, grew up. The girl went to study in the classroom where Jess studied. At first they eschewed each other, but gradually the ice in the relationship melted, and the children began to be friends. One day, walking along the river, Leslie and Jess found on the opposite shore a ramshackle tree in whose branches a small house was hidden. The guys thought that the find was fraught with a lot of romance, they moved across the river and settled on a tree. Just at this point over the river from the branches of another tree hung a rope, swinging on which you could jump to the other side.

A house on a tree

Given the opportunity at any time to visit the tree house, Jess and Leslie came up with their own fairy tale world, the country of Terabithia, fair and friendly. Jess was strong in spirit, successfully resisted the attacks of high school students and learned to defend Leslie. The friendship between the children grew stronger, Jess began to dedicate her friend to her secret hobbies, the main of which was painting. Leslie shared his interests and once gave the young artist a set of colors. Such attention was touched by Jess, and he brought as a present to Leslie the charming puppy, whom they called Prince Terrien, they were ordained as defenders of the house on the tree and began to educate them in every way.

Tragedy

The happy time continued until Jesse was called to school by a music teacher, to whom the boy was secretly in love. She wanted to visit the city museum together with him. And, of course, Jess agreed. Left alone, Leslie decided to visit Terabithia, and then take a walk with the Prince. At that time a thunderstorm broke out, a shower followed, and Leslie, holding on to the usual rope, could not resist. The rope slipped from her hands and the girl fell on snags near the shore, hitting her head against one of them. The worst thing happened, from the blow Leslie lost consciousness, she was carried off the shore, and the girl drowned.

The final

Parents immediately left after the daughter's funeral. Life stopped for Jess. He went to Terabithia alone for a long time, could not forget his girlfriend, finally called the little sister May Belle to the tree house, told her about the magic country, and they have since become inseparable friends.

"Bridge to Terabithia", actors and roles:

• Josh Hutcherson - played Jesse Aarons.
• Anna-Sofia Robb - played the role of Leslie Burke.
• Robert Patrick - character Jack Aarons.
• Bailey Madison is Jess's younger sister, Mae Belle.
• Zoe Deschanel is a teacher of Miss Edmonds.
• Devon Wood is a character of Brands Aarons.
• Emma Fenton is Jess's older sister, Ellie Aarons.
• Kate Butler is a sister, Mary Aarons.
• Grace Brennigan is the eldest sister, Joyce Aarons.
• Lethem Gaines is Leslie's father, Bill Burke.
• Judy Mackintosh is Leslie's mother, Judy Burke.

As the actors recognized, "The Bridge to Terabithia" So penetrated into their souls that the actress Judy Mackintosh at the "funeral" Leslie was crying with real tears, and many members of the crew throughout the production of the film never smiled.