Safe Haven Secrets You Never Knew! Cast & Author Interview!

*Trips* Hi. Nicholas, Julianne, and Josh. Welcome. Hey, how are you? I'm good. Great. I loved your Safe Haven book and film. And tell me about it. What are your characters about? My character is a guy who's just trying to figure it out as he goes. He's a dad who's been raising his two kids after his wife passed away. It isn't until this little thing drops out of the sky that he thinks about finally maybe moving on.

Okay. And Julianne, tell me about Katie. Yeah, Katie is a girl who comes to Southport, very guarded, has her walls up, pretty mysterious. Nobody really knows about her past. And she's definitely a little wary about opening up to anybody. And then of course she moves... Until I break her down. This little one who drops out of the sky. *laughter* And Joe, my friend, who kind of helped break those walls down a little bit.

And Nicholas, from writing the book and then now producing in the movie, tell me about taking the writer's hat off and now you're a producer. Yeah, it is. I am a producer. I don't know that it's much different than what I've been doing for my films for the past few films. It's more... I guess you're a little bit more involved here and there. But I've always been involved in the casting and the selection of the screenwriter, the selection of the director.

And I was probably on set a third of the time probably. And then of course afterwards you're involved as well doing all the marketing stuff. And it's not so hard to take off the hat because for me it's very fun. I get to... I had the chance to tell the story the way I imagined it. And now it's a chance to see a new imagining of the story. A story on film.

A different medium. To me it's exciting. That's awesome. And when you worked with these great kids, Mimi and Noah, Lexi and Josh. Tell me about that. You looked so comfortable. Like they were really your own. It's so believable. And then when Katie comes in, you're very motherly, very fast. So when you're working with children on the set, did they surprise you?

Do anything crazy that you weren't ready for? Or was it just fun and games all the time when you were working with them? Well it's amazing how well you can get them to behave with candy. They love... Cookies. Cookies. Maybe like chocolate chip cookies. Really? Sweet, sour, it doesn't really matter. But it's like alright, you're gonna be great in this scene, right?

Either bribe? Or like a Dr. Pepper or a... I'm not afraid to bribe a kid. That's fine. But they were really, really, really good kids and a lot of fun. And I think that anytime you have that kind of energy on a set, it just...it brings out that same kid in you. And I've always connected really well with kids and it just made the whole process a lot more fun.

And I like this scene. North Carolina is so beautiful. And when you're out in the canoe, I wanted to ask both of you. You looked really comfortable. Are you really outdoorsy people? What do you mean at the end of the movie? No, like when you're in the canoe and you take her out in the canoe. Oh, you're gonna do day one. Before the rain and... That was my first...

Yeah, that was my first day. It was his first day, huh? Oh, okay. That was his first day filming. Oh, wow. And how did you guys like that? Was it fun? It's so nerve-wracking, your first day in a movie. It's like first day in school. And I was the guy...I was the first one on...I was the first one cast. So I was like the veteran in the beginning and then she comes on.

Oh, okay. And she started working two weeks before I did. So when I came, started working, she'd already been... I knew everybody. I was like, you know, friends with all of them and he's like my new kiddo in school. Oh, wow. That's awesome. So once you have to, you have to, you sort of squash those nerves that come with the first day. It's like, you know, it's like going to a school for the first day at a new school.

Right. And so, you know, aside from all that, I'd had two weeks to prepare. So I was ready and it was just a...and I'd done some canoeing before in the past, so... Well, you guys look natural at it. I'm very outdoorsy. So I love all the, like the canoeing or fishing or being at the beach or biking or anything like that. I love it. Well, I loved it.

I think you're going to be surprised if I think more men are going to be coming because of the action in the audience. It's a romantic thriller is what it is. Yes. And it's definitely a thriller by the end. No question about it. I think you did great and the acting was superb and I loved it. I want to see it again. Thank you. Oh, good. Perfect. Yes.

I always see it. If I like it that much, I'll probably, I'll be buying it. I got the book, so I'm going to be buying the film as well. Oh, great. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you.