This year marks the 10 year anniversary of Diablo Cody winning the best original screenplay for “Juno,” but there is one thing she would change about her breakout script if she had the chance.
Speaking to The Guardian in promotion of her latest project “Tully,” which reunites Cody with “Juno” director Jason Reitman, the screenwriter admitted she could’ve been more overt and specific about the titular character’s stance on abortion.“[I wouldn’t have changed anything] in terms of the pregnancy, no,” Cody said.
“But I don’t feel I was clear enough in terms of why Juno chose to not have an abortion.
It was simply because she did not want to.
It was not about any type of feeling that abortion was wrong – I’m pro-choice.
So for it to be interpreted as an anti-choice movie, that’s upsetting to me.”“Juno” received critical and commercial success, plus four Oscar nominations, but it
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