Anne Hathaway reveals that she kissed 10 actors at a movie casting

Anne Hathaway recalled one of the least pleasant moments of her Hollywood career. The actress, winner of the Oscar with The Miserablesrevealed that she had to kiss ten different actors to choose her co-star for a movie during her first auditions in the film industry in the 2000s.

It was in a recent interview given to the magazine V Magazineand shared by Variety, that Anne Hathaway, who stars in Prime Video’s new romantic comedy The Idea of ​​You, along with Nicholas Galitzinesaid that those in charge of a film, without giving the title, asked him to “kiss a group of men” to find the “perfect co-star.”

“That happened to me. Before it was considered normal to ask an actress to kiss other actors to test the chemistry, which is actually the worst way to do it (…) They told me: ‘Ten guys are coming today. “Aren’t you excited to kiss all of them,” declared the actress. She then added: “I thought, ‘Is there something wrong with me? Because I wasn’t excited to do it. I thought doing that, it sounded disgusting.”

In that sense, Anne Hathaway pointed out that on that occasion “I was very young and aware of how easy it was to lose the role by being labeled ‘difficult’.” “I pretended I was excited and moved on (…) It wasn’t a power play, no one was trying to be mean or hurt me, it was just a very different time and now we know better,” she emphasized.

Anne Hathaway Cast Nicholas Galitzine in ‘The Idea of ​​You’

Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine star in The Idea of ​​You, Prime Video’s new romantic comedy. The actress, who is also a producer in the film, plays Solene Marchand, a 40-year-old woman who falls in love with Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), a young 24-year-old musician whom she meets at a concert at Coachella.

Regarding the audition to cast Galitzine, Anne Hathaway mentioned that there was chemistry from the first time she saw him sitting in a chair. “It was like we came back from dinner or a walk or something, we pressed play and started dancing together,” she said.

Likewise, he explained that Nicholas Galitzine he won the co-starring role with her once they danced to an Alabama Shakes song.

“It was just easy. I heard singer Brittanny Howard’s voice and started smiling. He saw me smile and we started dancing. We were just dancing. Director Michael Showalter was happy smiling,” she added.

‘The Idea of ​​You’: synopsis, release date and cast of actors

The Idea of ​​You is an American romantic comedy film directed by director Michael Showalter based on the novel of the same name by Robinne Lee. The film is produced by Amazon MGM and distributed to streaming by Prime Video, which set the premiere date for May 2, 2024.

This new story will seek to show a peculiar relationship between a 40-year-old single woman with a young musician much younger than her.

“Sophie, a 40-year-old divorced mother, braves the heat to go with her daughter to Coachella after her father cancels his trip with her. There she begins an unexpected romance with Hayes Campbell, 24, the band’s lead singer. most popular boys’ show on the planet, August Moon,” reads the official synopsis.

Actors Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine star in The Idea of ​​You. The cast is completed by Ella Rubin, Reid Scott, Jordan Aaron, Jaiden Anthon, Raymond Cham Jr, Annie Mumolo, Perry Mattfeld, among others.