Veronica Roth recently visited the set of Divergent and posted about the experience on her blog. In addition to her account of meeting the cast and crew, she also confirms that Uriah will not be cast until the second film.
Roth’s experience meeting the cast:
I know you’re probably mostly interested in the cast, because that’s who you’ll actually see on the screen. Let me first say that everyone was so nice, despite the fact that, for the first half of the day, I was too stunned to form coherent sentences. The people I talked to: Shailene Woodley (Tris), Theo James (Four), Jai Courtney (Eric), Christian Madsen (Al), Miles Teller (Peter), Ben Lamb (Edward), Ben Lloyd Hughes (Will), Zoe Kravitz (Christina), Amy Newbold (Molly). Basically, the whole Dauntless gang.And they were all awesome. What can I tell you? They were all SO GOOD in that scene. Every time! Which is probably why I was able to watch it so many times! Without getting tired of it! Exclamation points!
And here’s what she had to say about Uriah not being cast in the film:
Now, to address something else– the issue of Uriah. Some of you may have heard, and some may not, that Uriah won’t be cast until the second movie, if we are fortunate enough to make another one. It is understandably disappointing when a favorite character doesn’t make it on screen. However, what I do think is encouraging is that the people working on the movie are taking the role of Uriah so seriously and taking so much care to get him right.
How do you feel about Uriah being cut from the film? Like she says, it is disappointing when a character doesn’t make it, so we understand that. However, this isn’t unusual when books are adapted to film. Assuming Insurgent gets the green light, we look forward to seeing him there!
For the complete story check out Veronica’s Blog! Thanks to Page to Premiere for the heads up!
