“Divergent” followed Tris (Shailene Woodley) living in a dystopian version of Chicago, centuries in the future when strict factions were set in place, all representing a certain type of person. At 16, you took a brain test to see where you landed. Tris ended up testing into a couple of factions, which is a big no-no for those in charge; it means she’s too powerful to be controlled. When she chooses to be Dauntless — the dangerous, rough, and edgy faction — she meets Four (Theo James), who is also just as unique. They of course fall in love while their world also falls apart around them.
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In a dangerous on-screen world, a love story is of course going to be one of the biggest aspects. And for James, he had to get the kissing scene with Woodley just right. “I just wanted to practice the kissing scene with Shai as much as possible. I’d say, ‘Listen, after dinner we could just go over that scene again,'” James told Bustle in 2014. “The kissing scene with Shai and I, we wanted that to be as good as possible. Because it’s the only scene where [Four and Tris] get together, and we wanted it to be real and not just be lots of cheese.” When speaking with Games Radar, James also called kissing Woodley the “toughest stunt” out of the whole action movie because of how much pressure they put into making the scene look good.
