Little Women director Greta Gerwig says stars Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet have chemistry 'like combustion’

'They have an energy between them that is like they become a bonfire when they’re together'  
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Margaret Abrams14 August 2019

Director Greta Gerwig has opened up about what it was like working on the upcoming Little Women remake featuring an all-star cast, specifically discussing the explosive chemistry between her lead actors.

Gerwig told People that Little Women stars Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet have strong chemistry in the adaptation of the literary classic written by Louisa May Alcott. Ronan is playing headstrong sister Jo March while Chalamet takes on the wealthy Laurie character - and if you’ve read the novel, you already know what’s coming. In the 1994 movie, Winona Ryder played Jo and Christian Bale was Laurie.

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Gerwig previously worked with the young stars in her 2017 Oscar-nominated film 'Lady Bird,' where they played high school love interests.

And now Gerwig is discussing what it's like to work with the rising stars, giving book-lovers something to get excited about. “There is some true pairing between them that feels like what’s in the tradition of great cinematic pairings.”

She went on to say, “They have an energy between them that is like they become a bonfire when they’re together. They’re both so alive and they’re both so talented and so smart and so young. When you put them together it’s like combustion.”

“I think of them as my children, I just adore them. They are spectacular actors. I don’t know how they do it, I mean it’s magic," Gerwig added.

She also spoke about Harry Potter star Emma Watson, who plays Meg March in the adaptation saying that “she embodies everything that I was interested in, in terms of who the March women were.”

The movie’s first official trailer premiered on August 13. The highly anticipated film also stars Florence Pugh, Laura Dern and Meryl Streep and will premiere in the US on Christmas Day and in UK theatres on December 26.

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