The indie film "The Book of Love" stars Jessica Biel who convincingly plays a woman that is about to give birth. The realness of the scenes could probably be attributed to Biel's pregnancy during the shooting of the film.
According to E! Online, Biel was eight months pregnant when she shot the film. The actress talked about her experience filming while heavily pregnant at the New Orleans Film Festival where her indie film is being screened.
"It was always good to be laying down at that point in my pregnancy," Biel said while laughing at the director's comment about her pregnancy during the shoot. Bill Purple, director and co-writer of the film said that they only have five days to shoot Biel fearing that she could no longer be allowed to fly into location.
"It was a scary time," the director said.
The film was shot February of 2015 while Biel gave birth to her son with husband Justin Timberlake in April 2015. Biel plays the role of a pregnant wife to Jason Sudeikis plays a New Orleans architect who befriends a homeless teen (Game of Thrones' Maisie Williams) after Biel's character figures in a car accident.
The movie is an inspiring story which will make audience laugh and cry at the same time. It is about overcoming grief and finding one's path and purpose in this world.
Biel serves as producer of the film which was nine years in the making. "The Book of Love" also stars Mary Steenburgen, Paul Reiser and Orlando Jones.
In the same report, Biel disclosed that the film's musical scoring is courtesy of her husband Justin Timberlake. During an interview in the New Orleans Film Festival, Biel talked about how she prodded her husband to make the film's music.
"Basically, it was, you're going to do this or there's going to be a problem-and you're not going to get paid. Love you, mean it," Biel recalled with a big laugh.
"Honestly, I think it's something he was really excited to do. He loved the script. He's been living with this script for a long time. I don't remember when Bill thought about it, but just one day he was like, 'I think this would be really cool. I wonder if he'd be interested.' And then I threatened his life."