Anne Hathaway shed a number of tears Saturday after watching the viewers react to her new movie, “The Concept of You.”
Within the upcoming rom-com, the Oscar-winning actor portrays a 40-year-old divorcée who falls for the lead singer of a well-liked boy band, performed by Nicholas Galitzine.
Though followers should wait a number of months for the film’s official launch in theaters, “The Concept of You” had its first screening on the South by Southwest movie pageant on March 16.
Selection posted movies on X of Hathaway, Galitzine and the flick’s producers, together with Gabrielle Union, talking after the credit rolled. In a single clip, Hathaway turned emotional as she thanked followers for his or her constructive responses.
“I can’t speak,” she mentioned by tears as she took the microphone.
A fan supplied help and shouted, “I like you!”
“I like you a lot!” Hathaway replied.
The viewers immediately began to cheer and applaud as she continued, “You don’t have any concept the reward that you simply’ve simply given us together with your responsiveness, by being so linked to each little nuance on this. I’ll always remember this screening. Thanks a lot.”
She blew kisses to the group earlier than she defined why she signed onto the movie, which is predicated on the 2017 bestselling novel by Robinne Lee. (Lee additionally serves as a producer.)
“I needed to make this film as a result of it was an amazing half… and a enjoyable premise” she mentioned. “And for some motive, we discuss coming-of-age tales as being one thing that occurs to you within the earliest a part of your life. And I do not learn about you, however I really feel like I hold blooming.”
Based mostly on the trailer, it appears Hathaway and Galitzine are going to make the proper pair in “The Concept of You.”
On March 6, Prime Video dropped the official preview for the film, which reveals Hathaway and Galitzine’s characters, single mom Solène and boy band frontman Hayes, falling in love after they meet at Coachella.
“I am too outdated for you,” Solène tells Hayes within the trailer.
“No, you are not,” he replies earlier than pulling her in for a kiss.
Though it is clear the brand new couple is infatuated, it isn’t a direct pleased ever after. In a single scene, Solène asks Hayes if he’ll care what folks will say about their relationship, given their 16-year age hole.
“I do not care what they are saying,” he replies.
Followers have been anticipating the ebook’s adaptation for years. Here is every little thing we learn about “The Concept of You” thus far.
When does ‘The Concept of You’ come out?
Mark your calendars. “The Concept of You” comes out on Prime Video Might 2.
Meet the forged and crew of ‘The Concept of You’
Hathaway is the film’s main girl — and in September 2022, the main man was introduced: Galitzine, star of the Netflix romance “Purple Hearts” and Prime Video’s “Crimson, White & Royal Blue,” will play Hayes.
Michael Showalter, recognized for guiding “The Large Sick” and “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” will direct and produce “The Concept of You.” On the manufacturing facet, he’ll have help from Hathaway, Gabrielle Union and the ebook’s writer, amongst others.
The ebook ‘The Concept of You’ previews the film’s plot
For extra particulars on the plot, head to the bestselling novel “The Concept of You.” Within the ebook, 39-year-old divorced protagonist Solène Marchand takes her daughter to fulfill her favourite boy band and subsequently falls for a a lot youthful man: 20-year-old Hayes Campbell, a member of the band August Moon.
Whereas sustaining the identical premise, the movie makes a number of departures from the ebook. For one, Hathaway’s character is 40 years outdated whereas Hayes is 24 within the movie.
Additional, Solène meets Hayes at Coachella within the film, whereas within the ebook, they meet backstage at a live performance in Las Vegas.
Is ‘The Concept of You’ Harry Types fan fiction?
The ebook has been characterised as “Harry Types fan fiction.” However is it?
Again in 2017, Lee instructed blogger Deborah Kalb the novel started after she encountered the lead singer of a boy band on YouTube.
“A number of years in the past, my husband was away on enterprise, and I used to be up late browsing music movies on YouTube once I got here throughout the face of a boy I’d by no means seen in a band I’d by no means paid consideration to, and it was so aesthetically good it took me unexpectedly. It was like…artwork. I spent a great hour or so Googling and making an attempt to determine who this child was, and in doing so, I found that he typically dated older ladies, and so the seed was planted,” she mentioned.
Lee doesn’t determine the main man throughout that interview, however followers speculated she was talking about Harry Types. Then, chatting with “Vogue” in 2020, Lee confirmed the novel was loosely impressed by Harry Types of One Path, in addition to Eddie Redmayne and her real-life husband — however added it isn’t “fan fiction.”
“This was by no means speculated to be a ebook about Harry Types,” Lee instructed Vogue. “It was speculated to be a narrative a couple of girl approaching 40 and reclaiming her sexuality and rediscovering herself, simply on the level that society historically writes ladies off as fascinating and viable and complete.”