The author or A Walk To Remember , The Notebook , and dozens of other sweeping romances talked to BuzzFeed about the movie scenes of which he’s proudest.
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For nearly 20 years, Nicholas Sparks has been crafting emotionally powerful novels that deal with every relationship hurdle imaginable: War, class, aging, rebellion, and death are common themes. In 1999, Hollywood took note of how insanely popular his works had become and turned his second novel, Message in a Bottle, into a feature film starring Robin Wright, Kevin Costner, and Paul Newman.
"There was never any hesitation," Sparks told BuzzFeed News of selling the rights to his books. "I had the chance to tell the story the way I want, people have had a chance to imagine the story the way they want, and a film is just another chance to see the story the way someone else imagined it. To me, it's just one more great way to tell a story."
To date, eight of his stories have been turned into hugely popular films — with the ninth, The Best of Me coming to theaters on Oct. 17, and his first TV movie, Deliverance Creek, premiering this month on Lifetime — so BuzzFeed asked Sparks to reflect on the adaptations of his novels and select his single favorite scene.
Message in a Bottle (1999)
Robin Wright starred alongside Kevin Costner and Paul Newman as Theresa Osborne, a woman attempting to track down the author of a love letter after finding it inside a bottle on the beach.
"My favorite scene in that one is with Paul Newman on the porch," Sparks said. "He's talking to Robin Wright and joking, 'If I were 100 years younger, you'd be in trouble.' I think that is probably my favorite scene."
That was the first film, so every single thing was new. I mean, the first time I saw that, I was pretty much alone in a theater on the Warner Bros. lot. I watched this thing thinking, Oh my gosh, I picked that name! Oh my gosh, I picked that city! It was far and away the most surreal experience I've ever had because it was first."
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