How is Shailene Woodley preparing for Divergent's Tris?

Fan art portraying Shailene as Divergent's Tris by tessriel on tumblr

Shailene Woodley gets ready to jump trains in April, but is she ready?

According to MTV, Shailene Woodley isn't practicing jumping onto trains just yet. She's getting mentally prepared for the role of Tris that is slated to start pre-production sometime in March and filming to begin on location in Chicago in April.

Shailene says, "I think that a big thing is just pretending that I live in that world. It's a world that's so different from today, but not really," she said. "Thinking of [Divergent's] dystopian world and living in different factions and not being allowed to express your multiple personalities. Being constricted to one thing is going to be the challenge."

It seems she is more worried/excited about finding the right Four then anything else. She what she has to say about that here.

I'm not worried about her mentally preparing, it seems this girl is an acting prodigy. In case you didn't know, Shailene isn't new to acting. She started acting class at the age of 5 and has even had some parts on The O.C. and CSI: NY. The Descendants was her first film and she received rave reviews for that performance. Shailene has just recently received more praise from The Spectacular Now that screened at Sundance Film Festival. See those reviews here. She continues to stay humble about her acting abilities, “I’m not a good actor, just a professional listener,” she says. “You don’t have to cry because the script says so; you’ll cry if you believe it.”

The more I get to know about Shailene, the more excited I am that she will be the actress portraying Beatrice Prior, how about you Divergent fans? Neil Burger really seems to be making some great decisions since becoming Divergent's director. Let's keep our fingers crossed that Kate Winslet joins the cast as we previously reported here.

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Comment by Naomi Myers on January 25, 2013 at 8:35pm: So excited that Shailene is playing as Tris. I think she will do a great job and I really hope they find the perfect Four. Nice artwork on what Shailene would possibly look like as Tris;)

Comment by Samantha Huang on January 25, 2013 at 9:31pm: I really hope they dye her hair a lighter blonde than what they have in the pic. It's just a small detail, I know, but it just bugs the heck out of me! Tris is a blonde! And a bad a** blonde at that too!

Comment by Karen Li on January 26, 2013 at 12:50am: I wish her eyes will look more natural in the movie than in the pic.

Comment by suci bedia on January 26, 2013 at 4:36am: she's perfect !!

Comment by Jane on January 26, 2013 at 8:00am: Has hr hair been dyed or is it the lights because it looks lighter. She sounds like she's doing a good job of preparing, I LOVE CSI: NY!!

Comment by FreeFallen on January 26, 2013 at 8:01am: Yeah, I'm starting to see Shailene as Tris too. I'm really looking forward to seeing her on the big screen!

Comment by Carlie on January 26, 2013 at 12:17pm: I think Eddie Redmayne would make a great Four. Muscular but soft and extremely attractive!!!

Comment by Pam Nunez on January 26, 2013 at 2:22pm: im really liking her i think she could pull off tris

Comment by Shadow "fearless" Dark on January 26, 2013 at 5:02pm: If they screw up this movie...
I. Will. End. Them!
I swear, they had better do at least as well as they did on The Hunger Games! Better, hopefully! If they do not, then I know not what I may do!
If they make as much of a mess of this as was made of the Percy Jackson and The Olympians movie, I might be so furious that I kill first myself, then the director and producers!
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Comment by A Y on January 27, 2013 at 7:12am: I hope they do the book justice, it is the only thing I like as much as the hunger games and I am absolutely raving about it! Shailene will do well, I am sure of it!