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Allting startar med Edgar Wright som förklarar varför han föll för Scott Pilgrim
“I loved Bryan’s use of manga and videogame iconography to depict the emotions of these young characters. Adapting these books was a gift, as they are not only funny, charming and relatable, but have increasingly crazy diversions into the fantastical. To be able to do romance, comedy, action and fantasy in the same feature was an intriguing challenge.”
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“The fight sequences in Scott Pilgrim play out like big production numbers. In our film, people break out into fights the same way they explode into a song and dance number in a musical. When the emotion is too great to convey in mere words, characters in a musical will sing out. In Scott Pilgrim, they throw down“
Michael Cera had read the first two “Scott Pilgrim” novels before he was approached about playing the title role. Cera knew it was helpful to have a well-defined part for Scott with which to begin. “Bryan Lee O’Malley created such a unique, distinct character that it made it easy for me to get into character,” Cera notes. On the other hand, he admits, “It was a little intimidating because ‘Scott Pilgrim’ has such a following, but Edgar was very helpful in finding the right tone and helping me not go too over-the-top.”

“I am a huge music fan, so the idea of blowing people back into their seats with the soundtrack appealed to me immensely.”Bacall remembers when he and Wright discussed how to approach the musical performances. He states: “Edgar initially commented that most ‘live’ music in movies kind of sucks. We were coming up with gags to get around hearing the bands play until Edgar went out and got some of the most amazing musicians in the world to create original songs perfectly pitched for the film.”
“In several key scenes, we shot the actual houses, libraries, parks and music venues that Bryan took photos of in 2003.” Rowland adds: “We embraced all that’s great about the flavor and texture of Toronto itself. It’s known as one of the most multicultural cities in North America, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was shot at the real locations where Bryan drew the pictures.”
Indeed, there is so much in every frame of this film that the audience can watch it multiple times and discover something new with each viewing
Wherever possible, exact panels from the books were duplicated to set up shots, and then coverage was filled in to flesh them out for the film version. The visuals were always imagined by asking a simple question: Is this something that Bryan would have drawn?
