Five Feet Apart

by Rachael Lippincott

I’m tired of living without really living. I’m tired of wanting things. We can’t have a lot of things. But we could have this.

There’s a line Stella has, later in the movie, where she says “This whole time I’ve been living for my treatments instead of doing my treatments so that I can live.” This came from a conversation between Claire and Haley Lu. Haley really wanted to include the line in the movie, and she got no argument whatsoever. Hell yes, we had to have that line in the movie! It’s brilliant and perfectly sums up Stella’s arc. And it came from Claire herself, so that made it all the more special. Fun Fact: If you’ve ever seen Claire Wineland’s YouTube page, then you’ve seen the similarities between Claire and Stella - right down to their videos. The scene wherein Stella’s hanging upside down on the bed in her AffloVest came directly from Claire. She was so generous about letting us use pieces of her personality and of her life experiences for the movie. Watch her videos. You’ll see.