‘Purple Hearts’ Producers Sofia Carson and Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum on the Possibility of a Sequel and How They Found the Perfect Male Lead
variety.comEmily Longeretta For the first time in her career, Sofia Carson got to be part of a film from the moment pre-production began until the very end — and then some.
In fact, five years ago when director-producer Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum met Carson on “Pretty Little Liars: Perfectionists,” the two clicked immediately.
Rosenbaum asked one of her producer friends to keep an eye out for a script the two could do together. Two weeks later, she received “Purple Hearts.”“I remember I read it in a hotel room in Portland and I thought, everything that I’ve been feeling — the frustration I’ve been feeling in the world, as the two sides of the aisle have become more and more divided, it’s kind of represented in this,” the director explains. “But in a hopeful, romantic bow — where it’s not in your face, it’s just that the themes are explored.
It just felt so timely and exciting.” At the time, the script was told from the point of view of the male lead, Luke (Nicholas Galitzine), and needed a little bit of updating.
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