' Lady Bird' Greta Gerwig and Saoirse Ronan, the role they created together

Saoirse and Lady Bird have 3 things in common

Let's take a look at Lady Bird from Saoirse's perspective, and we find a surprising number of similarities. It's almost as if she was destined to play the role.

Saoirse Ronan is a talented young actress who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Atonement(2007) and for Best Actress for Brooklyn (2015). Looking at her filmography to date, one gets the impression that she has consistently played roles in which she "steps out of her familiar environment and throws herself into a new world" (and, of course, this film is no different). Why does she play so many such roles? One reason is probably the transparency she possesses. It is precisely because she is "untainted" that when she crosses a boundary in the midst of upheaval, the decisive change stands out more clearly. This is the ineffable charm of the film.

For Saoirse, there is no other place that she can call her beloved hometown than Ireland. As someone who spends her busy days based in London, New York and other big cities around the world, she must have felt the gratitude of her hometown from a young age. Greta once saw Saoirse in a green dress at a ceremony. Green is undoubtedly the color that symbolizes Ireland. Greta could see her love for her hometown and has never forgotten the sight.

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The third is frustration with her name. The protagonist of this film demands that people around her call her "Lady Bird" instead of her real name, Christine. Meanwhile, Saoirse has lived her life frustrated since she was a child when people she meets for the first time cannot pronounce her name "Saoirse" correctly (she explains that it is pronounced "Sasha"). However, at a certain point, she began to feel a deep affection for this name. This is also surprisingly similar to the change in the protagonist's state of mind in this film.

Saoirse said that she was able to empathize with the film immediately after reading the script, and it seems likely that these common elements had a strong influence on her reasoning.

Greta and Saoirse share the spirit of Lady Bird