Without Reese Witherspoon, Tom Perrotta might not be working in television.
Given the author’s impressive track record in Hollywood, where each adaptation of his work has been met with near-universal acclaim, that might sound silly. “Little Children” earned Perrotta (and co-writer and director Todd Field) an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay — on his first script. “The Leftovers” landed him two nominations from the Writers Guild of America, as well as a share of the series’ Peabody Award, during his first stint as co-creator.
But it all started with “Election,” Perrotta’s second novel and the first to be turned into a film. It almost ended there, too.
“That was my original experience [with adaptations],” Perrotta said during an interview with IndieWire. “Here’s a book that would, without a doubt, be entirely forgotten at this point if that movie hadn’t been made. [The book] came and went. It barely got reviewed.
Given the author’s impressive track record in Hollywood, where each adaptation of his work has been met with near-universal acclaim, that might sound silly. “Little Children” earned Perrotta (and co-writer and director Todd Field) an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay — on his first script. “The Leftovers” landed him two nominations from the Writers Guild of America, as well as a share of the series’ Peabody Award, during his first stint as co-creator.
But it all started with “Election,” Perrotta’s second novel and the first to be turned into a film. It almost ended there, too.
“That was my original experience [with adaptations],” Perrotta said during an interview with IndieWire. “Here’s a book that would, without a doubt, be entirely forgotten at this point if that movie hadn’t been made. [The book] came and went. It barely got reviewed.
- 10/27/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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