Welcome, readers. We are so excited to continue this new content from the creators of Currently Reading Podcast! This spin-off podcast series will tackle book to screen adaptations in a spoiler-FILLED format. Be sure you’ve read the book and watched the film version before listening to the episode, because we don’t shy away from strong opinions OR from all the spoilers, unlike our regular episodes.
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I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
1:29 - Previews
Book Name and release date. Sales info and awards.
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Movie name and release date. Box office and awards.
7:34 - The Cutting Room
Pivotal Book scenes and how they translated to the screen
The building falling
The finding of the body underneath the crawlspace
Changes from Book to Movie
The Trio Bringing Benni to Hysteri
Timelines do not line up
Removal of plot points in movie, like an affair and accident for one character
Vandalized church in movie, primary school in book
Renovating vs redecorating
Outcome of Lif and Garðar
Additional drama around pregnancies in the movie
Left out of the adaptation
Changes in Lif’s life
Explanations of the house or why it was purchased
Putti the dog
Dead brother
Lif’s entire life changes
The title itself is confusing
Added to the movie
Modernized the story - electricity, generators, etc.
Casting and alternates
Freyr: Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson → Carl Urban, Alan Ritchson, Tom Hardy
Dagny: Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir → Toni Collette, Judy Greer, Dakota Johnson
Katrin: Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir → Maya Hawke, Jenna Ortega, Aubrey Plaza
Lif: Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir → Fanning sisters Dakota and Elle, Chloe Grace Moretz,Sydney Sweeney
Garðar: Thorvaldur Kristjansson → Jeremy Allen White, Glen Powell,
Problematic elements
Lack of diversity
Leaving Sarah to suffer in her own “crazy”
35:38 - Award Season
Worst and best parts of the adaptation.
Katrin’s fate
Should have been scarier
The soundtrack or lack thereof
The sense of place
Worst and best actors.
Lif
Freyr
Worst and best book characters.
Lif
Bernodus’s Dad
Putti the dog
Dagny
47:57 - Book/Flick Energy
Book scored on a 5 star scale.
Series scored on a 10 point scale.
53:58 - A Leftover Popcorn Kernel
Do you believe in ghosts and have you ever had anything supernatural happen to you?
What would make an Airbnb scary enough for you to leave in the middle of the night?
1:00:33 - End Credits
Erasure by Percival Everett
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