Sofia Carson

2022 - 7 - 29

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Sofia Carson Explains Why Netflix's <em>Purple Hearts</em> Was ... (PEOPLE.com)

Sofia Carson talks to PEOPLE about her role in Netflix's new film Purple Hearts, which is available to stream now.

"I was also very lucky that I was older when everything changed, and I was an adult. Much like their characters in the film, Carson says she and Nicholas Galitzine, who plays Luke, had to get to know each other pretty quickly. "But when a tragedy sends him home earlier than expected, Cassie and Luke are unprepared to feign a marriage face-to-face, in front of family and friends," the synopsis adds. "And this one in particular went kind of a step further, because I've always been in love with storytelling, and to be a part of storytelling from every aspect, from behind the scenes as producer to physical storytelling as an actress to storytelling through song, was incredibly fulfilling." The day after, he got deployed to Iraq. And then the next day was the love scene in the motel. "For a while, their secret plan works and they start to develop a semblance of a friendship.

Sofia Carson Talks 'Purple Heart's Intimacy & Telling a Love Story ... (Remezcla)

The love story in Purple Hearts really starts “kind of backwards and inside out,” just as the fake dating/pretend relationship trope demands, because Cassie and ...

Carson also shared that there was originally another sex scene in the script, which was changed to a soft moment with Cassie and Luke in bed. Carson explained how this came to be and shared that she really fought for Cassie and Luke’s first scene in the motel, the movie’s one sex scene to be “a scene of complete and utter intimacy and vulnerability,” rather than just something physical. But the movie is more than its central trope thanks to a spirited, emotional performance by its leads, Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine, and a great soundtrack that has at least one song that is sure to get stuck in your head for weeks.

What Sofia Carson Is Buying Now: Lip Gloss, Good Books, and Her ... (Glamour)

"Purple Hearts" star Sofia Carson shares what's in her cart, including lip gloss, books, and her favorite gifts.

I am a fan of eggs and hard-boiled eggs, and during the pandemic, my cousin recommended this egg maker. The most special pieces in my closet are the first couple dresses I wore for my first big red-carpet events, like the dress I wore to my first Oscars, which is inspired by Audrey Hepburn. I have all those dresses, and those are probably my most memorable pieces. My sister jokes about this all the time, because I will go through a phase where I’ll eat the same thing for a couple of months, and then I get over it and will switch to my whatever my next thing becomes. It just feels like me, and I can’t leave the house without it. I was in Italy last week for a film festival, and I bought this awesome pair of Versace sunglasses. “I honestly like shopping for the people that I love in my life, like my sister or my mom,” she says.

Sofia Carson on Acting and Writing Music for Netflix's 'Purple Hearts ... (Billboard)

Sofia Carson, a former Disney star, expands into executive producing and writing songs for her new project, Netflix's 'Purple Hearts.'

“Getting to craft original songs with her and some of my Facet Publishing team that held up mirrors to the emotions of this movie was an honor.” With Cassie’s voice unlocked, Carson and Tranter would go on to complete three more original songs for the soundtrack within a week, including “Come Back Home” which is first introduced in a pivotal moment of the movie and was released earlier this month to tease the project. “I was so lucky that I got to live with Cassie, with their love story, with the script for four years.” Having had the experience of executive producing, she doesn’t want to go back. Carson says that the idea of writing songs for a soundtrack, especially from someone else’s view and a story not her own, was daunting. It was a combination of rage, frustration, and deep passion. “I was most definitely writing from Cassie’s point of view,” Carson says. And it kind of guided us for the rest of the soundtrack.” songs that came from my heart, not someone else’s,” she says. While Cassie and Luke’s “Will they/Won’t they?” storyline is not new, these characters face a much more complicated journey. “It’s more than just director and actor, but partners.” “I remember it vividly,” Carson, 29, says.

Sofia Carson spotlights how 'Purple Hearts' on Netflix 'captures the ... (Yahoo News Canada)

Descendants star Sofia Carson has taken a massive step in her career, taking on the role of an executive producer, lead actor and writing songs for the ...

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Sofia Carson Was 'Terrified' to Write Purple Hearts Songs (TheWrap)

The Netflix film, streaming now, tells the story of Cassie and Luke (Nicholas Galitzine), who enter a military contract marriage despite hating each other on ...

That was the first song that we wrote and it really set the tone for Cassie and for The Loyal because, first of all, it was important for Cassie to be very different from Sofia, musically, sonically. And then we wrote “I Didn’t Know” which was magical to bring to life, and our hardest one to write was “Come Back Home.” I think we wrote almost three different versions of the song and the last one was, you know, the no-brainer. “Hate the Way” was the first song that we wrote, and “Hate the Way,” I had started writing a couple of weeks before. I drew from Cassie and from Luke in order to bring the songs to life and it was such a beautiful experience. Because, you know, when I write songs as Sofia, I dive into my heart to speak or sing my truths and in order to write songs for Cassie, and to bring her story to life, I had to dive into her heart. I think we really wanted to make these two people as different as possible to make their world views incredibly clear, so that the fact that these two people could see each other for more than just that, more than just politics, more than just red and blue, made it that much more powerful. And we also wanted to set the stage that she was singing at a bar in a military town, and she also had to sing a song that kind of cater to that audience. And in the process of becoming Cassie, I wanted to study what it means to be a type one diabetic, what the community goes through, what the day-to-day life entails. “And so I think in the process of writing the music, it helped me to become Cassie that much more.” It’s kind of celebratory, and we did a version that was kind of sexy and kind of rock and roll and very Cassie. And it was one of the most fun scenes that we had shooting at the bar, and singing it, and shooting “Sweet Caroline.” And it was one of the most beautiful experiences that I’ve had as an actor. “And it was one of the most beautiful experiences that I’ve had as an actor,” she adds.