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Paper Towns | Official Trailer 2_ by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jul 31, 2015 4:03 PM UTC by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jul 31, 2015 4:03 PM UTC John Green wrote a [passionate defense of Cara Delevingne](https://medium.com/@johngreen/but-did-you-read-the-book-2e2dad0ebab1) on Thursday, and while Delevingne didn’t initially realize the strong words were written by the _Paper Towns_ author, she appreciated the support nonetheless. “Whoever said this! Thank you so much!” Delevingne wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of a section of Green’s text. > [](https://twitter.com/Caradelevingne/status/626854510640635904) Green was quick to respond to Delevingne. > [](https://twitter.com/johngreen/status/626855538840748032) It’s been a busy week for Delevingne, who took part in an interview with _Good Day Sacramento_ that went viral because of its awkwardness. The morning show hosts called Delevingne “Carla” and asked if she had read _Paper Towns_ before starring in its film adaptation. Delevinge was later [criticized for her actions](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cara-delevingne-defends-herself-awkward-interview%5F55b93702e4b0224d883510ac) in the interview by hosts on _The View_. “I am soooooo lucky and anyone who thinks I am unappreciative or ungrateful clearly doesn’t know me,” Delevingne wrote on Twitter on Thursday. “I work really really hard and love what I do, I don’t feel like I need to apologize for being human.” > [](https://twitter.com/Caradelevingne/status/626854832167587840) > [](https://twitter.com/Caradelevingne/status/626855160292184064) _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/30/cara-delevingne-john-green-tweet) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) _Read next:_ [_Cara Delevingne Sparks_ ](http://time.com/3969255/cara-delevingne-sparks-paper-towns/?iid=time%5Freadnext)[Paper Towns](http://time.com/3969255/cara-delevingne-sparks-paper-towns/?iid=time%5Freadnext) ## Transcript Can I open my eyes now? You're giving me the minivan. We know how much you love driving it. Awesome. Life for me was a well- oiled machine. Duke in the fall, kids by thirty, got it all mapped out. Sounds boring, sure, but I like boring. Hi Ms. Jacobson. Hi Ben. Hi Radar. I would hit that so hard. Dude. That's a good thing. Doesn't really make sense for us to go our teenage years never having been to a high school party. We've been to plenty of parties. No. Nope. If there's a tuba there, it's not a party. From the moment I saw Margo Raus Beagleman I was madly in love. Margo and I were practically strangers. Until this one night. I need to borrow your car. What? I got a lot of things I need to do tonight, and more than half of them require a getaway driver. My boyfriend has been cheating on me. Revenge plot begins. Not as weird as it looks. Still weird. [ MUSIC ] Hya! We're the ninjas. I can feel my heart beating in my chest. That is the way you should feel your whole life. Feel for? It's a paper towel. Paper houses and paper people. I love mysteries. Maybe she loved them so much she became one. She's gone. When was the last time you saw Margo? Where the hell was she? Who was she with? Why wasn't it me? You were with her her last night. It has to mean something. That was the greatest thirty seconds of my life. [ MUSIC ] I found something, an address. Did she ever say anything to you about an abandoned building? Margo? Guys? You'll go to paper towns and you'll never come back. Last time I was this scared, I had to sleep in my mom's bed. If I were you I'd get that scared every single night. [ MUSIC ] I never missed school before. It feels kind of wrong. It does feel kind of wrong, but it also Feels kinda right. [ MUSIC ] Take a risk. Stop playing it so safe. Dude, put your shirt on. How much did he drink? I think it's stuck to my hand. [ MUSIC ] I miss her. I miss her, too. [ MUSIC ] If I don't find Margo, it's all for nothing. You have to get lost before you find yourself. [ MUSIC ] It's a paper town. Paper houses and paper people. Everything's over there are closed. 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