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1 of 5 | Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine get connected nan reddish carpet astatine nan Prime Video's "The Idea Of You" New York premiere astatine Jazz astatine Lincoln Center connected Monday. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
NEW YORK, May 2 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning character Anne Hathaway says she wanted to prima successful nan romanticist film, The Idea of You, because she hadn't yet played a female successful her 40s falling successful love.
"It became truthful individual to me," Hathaway, who turned 40 during nan movie's production, said astatine a caller virtual property conference. She said she sees this communicative arsenic a "meta-exploration" of women making love astatine this shape of their lives.
"I had received a batch of romanticist scripts successful my 20s and, past successful my 30s, I was benignant of truthful focused connected my family life and motherhood and trying to find immoderate my way was going to beryllium being an actress, while having this rich | individual life," said Hathaway, who is nan joined mother of 2 children.
"I didn't announcement I hadn't been sent a romanticist scripts successful a really agelong time," the Les Miserables, The Bride Wars, The Devil Wears Prada and Ella Enchanted character said.
"So, erstwhile this recovered its measurement to maine -- and I americium truthful honored to person been nan first prime for this [because] it was specified a beautiful characteristic successful specified an astonishing world -- portion of maine asked, 'Where person these stories gone? Why do they stop?' I saw nan way to nan answers successful nan script."
Written by Jennifer Westfeldt and Michael Showalter, who directed nan adjustment of Robinne Lee's caller by nan aforesaid name, nan movie premieres Thursday connected Prime Video.
It follows Solène (Hathaway), a 40-year-old azygous mom who originates an unexpected romance pinch 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), lead vocalist of nan hottest boy set connected nan planet, aft a chance gathering astatine nan Coachella Music Festival.
Mary & George, Bottoms, and Red, White & Blue actor Galitzine, 29, said he was astir willing successful tapping into nan "human broadside of Hayes" arsenic opposed to nan charismatic popular prima he besides was expected to be.
"I had specified a awesome partner. I deliberation Annie and I felt nan chemistry and nan relationship betwixt america instantly and that simpatico," he said. "I was conscionable filmed pinch a consciousness of excitement coming into activity each azygous day, and that is not ever nan case."
Hathaway credited nan head and writers pinch helping to create nan illusion that she and Galitzine were falling successful emotion connected screen.
"Whatever we had that was a earthy spark was shaped by Michael and nan full accumulation team," she said. "This is simply a squad medium. ... We conscionable had truthful overmuch moving successful our favor."
The movie did airs immoderate challenges, however, Galitzine acknowledged.
"The dancing and nan performing, especially, were tricky because that was thing that I hadn't done before," nan character said. "You ever want much hours successful nan time to beryllium capable to hone those skills."
The Chair and The Girl from Plainville alum Ella Rubin, 22, said it was easy to dress to beryllium Solene's daughter, Izzy, because Hathaway was truthful nurturing toward her.
"The bond, for me, astatine least, felt really earthy and really easy, contempt my nervousness, because she is conscionable specified an inquisitive personification successful nan astir lukewarm measurement possible," Rubin said.
"Just to get nan privilege to cognize each different and talk and walk clip together, I deliberation conscionable being astir her, a enslaved conscionable people forms pinch personification who is truthful consenting to perceive you and trying to spot you. I conscionable felt a connection."
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Veep character Reid Scott said he took connected nan domiciled of Dan -- Solene's ex-husband and Izzy's begetter -- knowing assemblage members would beryllium rooting for Solene and Hayes.
He said he embraced nan character, who is not rather a villain, and had nosy giving him much dimension. "There has to beryllium this obstacle to this emotion story," Scott said astir nan romanticist triangle of Dan, Solene and Hayes.
"But, conscionable for illustration successful existent life, everyone is much colorful than immoderate you're getting connected 1 fixed moment," he added.
"You person to for illustration thing astir him because he is simply a spot of a refection of Annie's character, and you would ne'er judge that personification arsenic lukewarm and loving arsenic Solene could ever autumn for him if he was conscionable purely an ass.
"At immoderate point, they must person connected. There must person been thing that brought them together."
Star Anne Hathaway arrives connected nan reddish carpet astatine nan premiere of Prime Video's "The Idea Of You" successful New York City connected April 29, 2024. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
