Then they used it and had me record it in the studio and now it's on the end credits and the soundtrack.'ħ.

I knew how to play a guitar because he taught me when we were together. Originally, the song was supposed to be a cover that had a pretty awkward backstory: 'I thought I was going to play something that my ex-boyfriend (Jesse Marchant) sang because we needed to get the rights to it so I called him and I was like, 'Can I quick sing this?'' she explained to SheKnows. 'I don't know what it means or where my head was but, at the end of the shoot, Lasse asked me to bring in my guitar to do a freestyle song for a montage. 'I had a piano in my house in Charleston.

The song Savannah performs in the film-'Little House'-was actually written and performed by Seyfried, with Hallström asking his star to do it. So yeah, there's a lot of tears.īut did you know the movie almost had a completely different ending, with the new one being shot just days before the film hit theaters?ĥ. Their complicated romance plays out through the letters they write one another while he is fighting in Iraq and she is dealing with a terminally ill friend/love interest. The film centers on the years-long love story between John Tyree (Tatum), a soldier on leave, and Savannah Curtis (Seyfried), a college student, who meet while he's on leave and she's on Spring Break. Of course, given that it was a movie based on a Sparks book (with those adaptations truly reaching their peak at this time, with The Last Song coming out a few months later), and you know, featured a lot of a shirtless Tatum, starring in his first real romantic leading man role, Dear John proved to be an irresistible Valentine's Day treat for audiences.

The tearjerker starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried has officially reached double digits, with the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' best-selling novel holding its premiere a decade ago. Dear reader, can you believe it's been 10 years since Dear John came out?

Dear john by nicholas sparks