Tom Lewis:The script, really.
The script and meeting D.J.
[Caruso], the director.
I read the novel before I did my audition, and I got through it in one sitting.
I just ate it up.
It was really eye-opening and not what I expected at all.
Abigail Cowen:Yeah.
And I mean, same with you.
I read the script, and I was very impressed and inspired by Angel’s story and strength.
Were there any scenes within that that were difficult to act?
Cowen:Yeah, I mean all of them.
Cowen:That was rough.
Lewis:I remember you had the day to do it.
And I remember thinking, “Oh gosh, that’s a tough one to do.”
I wanted to do it.
I wanted to make it as real as possible.
I told DJ, as much as I can go there, let me.
Cowen:I think Angel’s stubbornness, I would say.
I related to her.
The inner child in her, I felt like there was this sense of …
I feel like that’s my theory on life, though.
I think everyone has that.
I definitely related to that because I feel like that is a lot of who Angel was.
Lewis:Incredible, like the things that she goes through, would destroy anyone, really.
Were there any ways you related to your character, Tom?
They had that thing of teenagers flirting and not really [being] sure.
There was something so teenage and pure about it.
That was, yeah, stirring to play.
I wish I had more of that optimism that he has.
He’s a very optimistic character.
“Redeeming Love,” starring Abigail Cowen and Tom Lewis, is now playing in theaters.
