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Judy Blume’s classic coming-of-age novel is coming to the big screen.
Rachel McAdamsplays Margaret’s mom Barbara, who is also adjusting out of the big-city mindset, andKathy Batesis Margaret’s grandma Sylvia, “who isn’t happy they moved away and likes to remind them every chance she gets.”
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Bates says, “The book is obviously about a young girl who is becoming a young woman and she’s embracing her womanhood. And I think women throughout history have been taught to feel negatively about their bodies and about the processes that their bodies go through. I think this film will help young women feel better about their bodies.”
Speaking toDeadline back in 2018, director Fremon Craig said thatEdge of Seventeenled Blume to granting her the rights to finally bring the film to the big screen after 50 years since it was published.
“I got the greatest email from Judy where she said if someone were to make a film of one of her books, she hoped it would have the same tone and feeling thatThe Edge of Seventeenhad. It’s maybe the greatest compliment I’ve ever gotten, because she has always been a North star for me as a writer,” said Fremon Craig at the time. “What’s helpful is that everybody who reads it sees themselves in it. I read it in the late ’80s and didn’t know it was written in 1970.”
“She captured something universal and timeless enough that it transcends all that,” she added.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaretis in theaters April 28.
source: people.com
