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Move over, “Anyone But You.” The summer’s sexy, new rom-com, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in a whirlwind age-gap romance, is finally available to stream on Prime Video.
The film, based on Robinne Lee’s novel of the same name, chronicles the relationship between Solène (Hathaway) and Hayes (Galitzine). The two meet at Coachella when Solène takes her daughter to see Hayes’ band, August Moon. This sparks an unexpected romance between them, forcing Solène to balance her career, her obligations to her teenage daughter and the 24-hour news cycle surrounding her relationship.
Lee has said her 2017 novel was loosely based on One Direction and Harry Styles, who has had his own high-profile relationships with older women. However, those involved with the film have avoided making direct comparisons.
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“It’s funny because it’s not a comparison that I’ve ever made,” Galitzine told Variety’s Marc Malkin at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party. “But people really like to make it. Hayes Campbell, the man I’m playing, is a very different character and we want him to exist in his own world.”
The film premiered at SXSW, where the crowd went crazy over the chemistry between Hathaway and Galitzine, who both took the stage after the screening. “I can’t talk,” she said to the audience, in tears. “You have no idea the gift that you’ve just given us with your responsiveness, by being so connected to every little nuance in this. I will never forget this screening.
Stream “The Idea of You” on Prime Video beginning May 2:
