Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine join TODAY to talk about the reaction to their new movie “The Idea of You” and the renewed popularity of romantic comedies. They also open up about their chemistry tests that included Galitzine serenading an entire room with a song and dance.
It seems like The Idea of You star Nicholas Galitzine hasn't stopped working since emerging as Hollywood's new leading man over the last couple years. His acting — and newfound dance skills — has led him to work with the likes of Idina Menzel, Julianne Moore, Ayo Edebiri, and now Anne Hathaway, who he affectionately calls “Annie.” While her prolific acting career might be intimidating to some, Galitzine tells Teen Vogue that Hathaway always has “an openness to collaborate.” Galitzine and...
The Idea of You movie review: Anne Hathaway has made a career out of romantic comedies, from The Princess Diaries to Love & Other Drugs. But she's always picked roles that represent the stage of womanhood she's in. Michael Showalter casts Anne in his new movie as a 40-year-old single mother. And Anne lives it like the romantic adventure it could've been – if she'd have been single in real life now, and would've fallen in love with a 24-year-old popstar.(Also Read – Anne Hathaway, Nicholas...
Anne Hathaway is marking a major milestone in her sober journey. If you didn't know, the 41-year-old Oscar-winning actress revealed several years ago that she
Anne Hathaway is adding her own story to the growing archive of all the ways Hollywood was an even bigger minefield for women before the Me Too era. As she goes back to her rom-com roots in upcoming boy band fantasy The Idea Of You, Hathaway recalled how chemistry tests used to look a lot different than they do now—especially before she had the power to steer the ship herself. “Back in the 2000s—and this did happen to me—it was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to...
Make out sessions? For chemistry tests? Groundbreaking. And something Anne Hathaway is thrilled she doesn't have to deal with anymore. The Oscar winner—who rose to fame for appearing in Princess
Anne Hathaway revealed that, early in her career, she would have to make out with several actors for casting to ensure that they had chemistry, saying, "It was just a very different time."
Oscar-winning actor said she was afraid ‘to lose everything by being labeled “difficult”’ early in her careerAnne Hathaway has revealed that in the 2000s, producers on a film she was starring in required her to kiss a succession of potential co-stars.Speaking to V Magazine, the actor said that in the 2000s, “it was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry. Which is actually the worst way to do it.” Continue reading
‘It was just a very different time and now we know better,’ said Hathaway
A recent bombshell from Anne Hathaway may not have the detonation radius some people think. In a V Magazine story published Monday, the "Devil Wears Prada” alum said she was regularly asked to participate in uncomfortable chemistry tests while auditioning for roles in the 2000s. “It was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry, which is actually the worst way to do it,” Hathaway said. “I was told, ‘We have ten guys coming today and you’re cast. Aren’t...
Anne Hathaway said she had to make out with 10 guys in one day for a chemistry audition for a movie in the 2000s.Hathaway, who starred in several romantic movies in the 2000s such as "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement," "Ella Enchanted," and "Becoming Jane," told V Magazine in an interview published on Monday that kissing other actors used to be a normal part of chemistry readings during that period."Which is actually the worst way to do it," she said of the kissing test. "I was told, 'We...
At the start of her career, Anne Hathaway said she didn't want to be labeled "difficult" so she went along with some of the crazy things the Hollywood audition process threw at her. One such thing, the "Les Misérables" Oscar winner said, involved chemistry tests that required her to kiss several actors. It was a "normal" request, she said, but a "gross" one and an antiquated relic of the pre-#MeToo era. “Back in the 2000s — and this did happen to me — it was considered normal to ask an actor to...