The 'Paper Towns' Movie Won't Have the SeaWorld Scene
Though the big-screen adaptation of Paper Towns promises to be loyal to John Green’s hit 2008 novel, there’s one memorable scene from the book that will be missing from the film: the late night break-in to SeaWorld.
In Green’s book, adventurous high school senior Margo convinces the protagonist and narrator, Quentin, to trudge through a giant moat so that they could sneak into the closed aquatic theme park undetected. It’s an important scene — Margo convinces Quentin to take a risk for once in his life, and the two later dance in the moonlight — but Green told Yahoo Movies that it had been excised from the movie, which stars Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne.
“SeaWorld is not in the movie, mostly due to the fact that — how do I put this — my relationship with SeaWorld has changed a lot in the last eight years,” Green said during an interview about the film’s trailer. “Also you don’t have to pay SeaWorld to mention them in a book.”
Presumably, Green is talking about the documentary Blackfish, and allegations of animal abuse by SeaWorld, which have damaged the company’s reputation. Either way, fans of the novel don’t have to worry about missing out on the important relationship development that happens in that scene, even though Shamu will be absent from the proceedings.
“We felt like everything that happened in the SeaWorld scene could happen in another scene, and be just as good,” Green said.
For some hints on which aquatic animals did make the cut for the film, watch our video above.
