While they don’t end up together in the end, they create a foundation for a loving relationship built on support and trust. Meanwhile, Stone proposed that her character would create Sebastian’s “ Seb’s” club sign, Berger says. It was Gosling’s idea to have Sebastian want more than just to become a successful jazz musician but rather own his own club. Stone and Gosling also played a strong role in ensuring that their characters were portrayed in a way that they felt was right. “The idea was to take the old musical, but ground it in real life where things don’t always exactly work out.“ “A lot of things can happen after ‘happily ever after.’ But when you have two people who share a memory, there is something very pure and nothing can taint that memory,” Chazelle tells THR. Similarly, Chazelle wanted to create a film that viewers could resonate with and realize that the Hollywood fairy tale that they believe in isn’t necessarily authentic. What we were very open to was calibrating it in a way that felt honest.”īrutally Honest Oscar Ballot #2: 'La La Land' "Felt a Little Light," Barry Jenkins "Is Really a Poet" Berger adds, “We felt confident, but the things that people were pressuring us to change were the things that would make it connect and feel original and new.
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Their refusal to stray from their vision wasn’t to rebel against the Hollywood fairy tale blueprint, but a way to provide a story that could be more realistic. “He will always play jazz and not a more acceptable form of music she will always be an actress, this will always be a love letter to L.A. “ Jordan, Damien and myself made a pact that under no circumstances will end up together in the end,” says Berger. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, producer Fred Berger says the plan was always for the two leads to go their separate ways, something he saw as a more realistic outcome.
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The film ends with Sebastian and Mia as two individuals who fell in love, but their pursuit of their careers takes precedence over any effort to try to maintain their relationship. Oscars: 'La La Land' Producer on Making a Pact to Never Change the Film's Ending While they fight and reconcile, ultimately they don’t end up together. Over a song-and-dance-filled two hours, Sebastian and Mia meet and fall in love. Both have big dreams but are struggling to make it in Hollywood. The film centers on aspiring musician, Sebastian ( Ryan Gosling), looking to open his own jazz club, and struggling actress Mia ( Emma Stone). La La Land has sung and danced its way to awards-season success and is up for 14 Oscars, tying Titanic and All About Eve as films with the most Academy Award nominations.īut those who’ve seen the Lionsgate film might be disappointed by its bittersweet ending.