FILM 1097: HER
TRIVIA: Samantha Morton was
originally the voice of Samantha. She was present on the set with Joaquin Phoenix every day.
After the filming wrapped and Spike Jonze
started editing the movie, he felt like something was not right. With Morton's
blessing, he decided to recast the role and Scarlett Johansson was
brought and replaced Morton, re-recording all the dialogue.
Amy Adams said
writer/director Spike Jonze
would essentially lock her and Joaquin
Phoenix in a room together for an hour or two every other day, and
make them talk to each other. Jonze did this so that the actors could get to
know each other better. Adams credits this for her and Phoenix's close
friendship.
Most of the city backgrounds,
especially the ones featuring skyscrapers, are actually filmed in Shanghai. You
can see many very identifiable skyscrapers such as the Shanghai World Financial
Center. There are even Chinese signs if you look carefully. Apparently,
Shanghai now is what Los Angeles will look like in the future.
This is the only movie Spike Jonze has written as
well as directed, completely from his own original script.
During some of the more emotional
scenes, Amy Adams would sing songs
from famous musicals like "Annie" and "The Rocky Horror Picture
Show" in order to cheer herself up. Eventually, Joaquin Phoenix would join
in and they would sing together. However, they stopped after they saw Spike Jonze filming them.
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