Heres how it came together.
It just made sense.
And it was a no-brainer that it was going to be some kind of insane dance number.
If you had one of those two things, people were going to like the video.
The concept was set; now to get the music lined up and the star on board.
WEBB:I was nervous about asking Joe to dance.
WEBB:I was like, thank God.
He was so into it, it was awesome.
So I was like, great!
I was totally in.
Number one, hes a champion of dance, and two, it was original.
WEBB:It was a pretty simple directive.
When I saw the beginning of the dance, that was just brilliant.
And then of course, you know, walking by the fountain…!
That had some bang out of subliminal message too!
He slowly starts to dance.
Its about the transition and by the way, musicals are all about transitions.
ROONEY:Every time Tom moved, it had to be out of storytelling.
And then he swings the bat and knocks it out of the park like Joe DiMaggio.
NEUSTADTER:Thats [Rooneys] genius!
ROONEY:Then, Marc was brilliant, we ended with the bluebird of happiness on his finger.
GORDON-LEVITT: Marcs whole color palette for his whole movie was based on Zooeys eyes.
But this scene, because its all about him loving her, hes just surrounded by people wearing blue.
So those are the tools I used to get through the dance editorially.
Because any old dance steps would have just been a dance.
GORDON-LEVITT:Michael is exuberance personified.
This was so easy for all [the professional dancers].
They could watch this once and just do it.
ROONEY:Joseph is, like, the best ball of clay.
He loves movement, he loves dance.
We kind of shared our thoughts on how to get into my choreography.
GORDON-LEVITT:Professional dancers are always my idol.
I admire the hell out of it.
In another life, I would have been a dancer.
The day of shooting was just as happy as it looked.
ROONEY:It was so, so fun.
I could have stayed there, like, another three days.
So everyone was happy that day.
That day actually did feel, for me anyway, the way that it came out in the movie.
WEBB:It was great.
It was super fun.
The whole movie was pretty great, I have to say I was a little spoiled.
I havent had that much fun on my movies since then, and that was a charmed experience.
