From start to finish, it really was a wonderful experience and that was because of Adam Shankman, the director. ", West even gave Moore a photo from "A Walk to Remember. I was less scared of it then than I am now — when you’re younger and you don’t know what to expect, you don’t know to be scared yet. I knew what I was signing up for. The person just didn’t seem right. Get the best news, information and inspiration from TODAY, all day long, Shane West and Mandy Moore shared an unforgettable love story in 2002's "A Walk to Remember.". Starring sweet-as-candy teen pop star Mandy Moore and rising TV and film actor Shane West, the movie was an early entry in a long line of Sparks’ book-to-movie adaptations.
Back then, I did audition for it, but I swear to God I only read once.
The most memorable scene for me, though, I would say, is the school play and singing the song (“Only Hope”). I don’t remember that at all. He also honored Moore last year when she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
I absolutely walked away from that project so convinced that there would never be a project as special as that.
It was great for the role because that’s how the characters are put together in the movie.
SW: It was kind of perfect the way we came into the project because she was coming from this pop background at that time — she had her song “Candy”, and a role in the Princess Diaries — and for me I was into punk rock and so it was like completely opposites attract, or opposites are forced together to work. Shane West Gushes Over Mandy Moore at Her Walk of Fame Ceremony. West, 40, was on hand for the big moment to help give the "This Is Us" actress, 34, a photo from the set of the movie. Mandy was really nervous, I remember, in the beginning, but once she committed to it she slipped right into the role effortlessly and it just really fit her. Okay, “I might kiss you.”MM: “I might be bad at it.”. Also, the scene where I tell Landon that I’m sick was very memorable scene because they weren’t sure if I was going to say that I was just sick, or that I had leukemia. © Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation.
"We immediately liked each other as people, and I think that’s what actually helped," he told TODAY in 2017, adding that Shankman "didn't want us to hang out all the time because he kind of liked how different we were. Shane, Landon only has three, can you name any of them?SW: Oh, no. What was the most memorable scene to shoot?SW: I remember a lot from that opening scene by the water — we actually shot in order so it was the first scene we shot in production. It was one very long night, but we got through it. What is the most memorable walk you’ve ever been on in your life?SW: That would be Machu Picchu. It was very easy for me to say, “That’s not a problem.”.
18 years after A Walk to Remember, Shane West and Mandy Moore are still the closest of friends. Jamie exits the school and the kid who wrote the play says to her, “Don’t even pretend like you’re not going to be great. See all photos. Like if I say, “You have to promise not to fall in love with me.”SW: “That’s not a problem.” That one I know because that one was me — the sarcasm was all Shane. We were trying to have it be as edgy as possible and at the very end of the handshake, it looked like we might have been smoking a joint and we put it out on each other or whatever the heck that is. Moore was clearly delighted that he could be there, and later posted on Instagram with then-and-now pictures: "Stars have always sort of been our thing," she wrote. It’s like, “Okay, see you tomorrow.”MM: That’s so dismissive! Shane West and Mandy Moore shared an unforgettable love story in 2002's "A Walk to Remember.". He was just the perfect partner for that.”, West shared similar sentiments.