Id known them in my heart for so long.
“Readers will be so happy,” the Georgia native promised.
Like the book, the movie is told via two storylines set in different time periods.
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“I really never thought about it [becoming a movie].
I was just hoping someone would read it,” she said of the best-selling book.
“I never thought the book would do as well as it did.”
“All of us end up in a swamp now and then.
They made it clear that they would be respectful to the readers.
From the production team to the cast, Owens said she “couldn’t have chosen any better.”
The author was involved in nearly every aspect of the production.
She read every draft of the script, watched auditions, and visited theset in Louisianatwice.
Meeting the cast was especially surreal.
“It was very emotional,” Owens said.
“Especially with Kya and Tate and Jumpin' and Mable.
To actually see and meet them was very moving.
I’d known them in my heart for so long.
I felt connected with them immediately.
I nearly cried when I met Daisy.”
Where the Crawdads Singis streaming now on Netflix.
