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“Mostly through the love of music. Mostly what she learns later is all about love and forgiveness and second chances — you know, in the career I’m in I have to do that a lot. There’s no room for grudges and bitterness. She learns that later it’s all about love and the people around you. And I think it’s really beautifully done the way she has that transition and learns.”
-Teen music superstar and “The Last Song” actress Miley Cyrus, discussing the similarities between herself and Ronnie, her character in the film that opens at theaters nationwide on Wednesday (March 31). The film, which was written specifically for Cyrus by novelist and screenwriter Nicholas Sparks (”Dear John,” “The Notebook”) and directed by Julie Anne Robinson (episodes of “Weeds,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Big Love”), stars Cyrus as a music student who lives with her mother in New York but who is sent to live with her estranged father (Greg Kinnear) for the summer.
Cyrus told MTV News that Robinson’s direction made it easier to slip into the character and make Ronnie more deep and nuanced. “She did an amazing job,” Cyrus said. “She kept me always different, not always tears; she always gave me something different to do. She gave it a lot more dimension.” But the most remarkable work that Cyrus had to do on the film was learn how to play the piano. “I had to be classically trained as well,” she said. “Sitting up straight, and your wrists have to be a certain way and you have to look comfortable and look like you could be accepted into Juliard, the way that Ronnie was supposed to.”
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