It will probably go down in history as Cara Delevingne’s most awkward interview ever, and by far the most cringe-worthy interview of any of the Paper Towns stars. Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo in the film Paper Towns, is now having to defend her behavior during a Good Morning Sacramento interview. However, she shouldn’t have to.
The interview was destined to derail from the moment it started, when the anchor called Cara by the wrong name, introducing her as “Carla.” From that point on the anchor’s proved themselves as unprofessional, incompetent interviewers.
"Did you read the book?" is one of the most annoying questions anyone could ask the star of a book-turned-movie. Of course they read it! (If I were starring in a movie and hadn’t read the book you better believe I’d lie and at least say I did.) Lucky for Cara’s costar Nat Wolff, the question has been “When did you read it?” Cara, on the other hand, got “Did you get a chance to read it?” It seems to be a given that her male counterpart read the book but we couldn’t just assume the same for her. Especially when she has expressed what a big John Green fan she is. Cara’s response is perfection: “I never read the book or the script, I just kind of winged it.”
I guess not everyone can appreciate such a dry sense of humor though. Cara continued to answer questions sarcastically, which the anchors clearly didn’t understand. She was asked why she didn’t seem excited about the interview and was then excused of being tired and irritated. The interview was cut short with the anchor condescendingly saying, “I’ll let you go, take a little nap, maybe get a Red Bull.” Cara tries to interject but the anchor keeps on talking.
Afterwards, the female anchor exclaims “Wow she was in a mood!” Hearing this is what got me. Maybe if you didn’t tell her she seemed exhausted and irritated things would have gone a little better. Better yet, calling her by the right name would have helped. A tip for future reporters, interviewers, anchors, etc., ending an interview early by saying you’ll let the person go so they can nap is probably not the right tactic.
Unlike her character Margo, Cara Delevingne is not a paper girl. She is not fake in any way. So of course she is going to fire back with her sarcastic, British sense of humor. John Green, in an essay defending Cara, shares “the TV people want some part of you, and in exchange for it, they will put the name of your movie on TV. But in that process, you lose something of yourself.” He even admits to losing a bit of himself throughout the interview process for the film. But Cara is different. As John says, “Cara Delevingne doesn’t exist to feed your narrative.” She is not putting on a show nor reciting the same answers in every interview. Instead of insulting her, we should applaud her on being her true self. Cara shouldn’t have to defend herself over this interview because the only thing she did wrong was not telling them to shove their Red Bull where the sun don’t shine.
