Last Updated on 08/29/2022 by てんしょく飯
The Idea of You, a novel inspired by Harry Styles, has been made into a live-action film. Starring Anne Hathaway! Why are older woman x younger man stories on the rise these days?
Anne Hathaway redeems herself in a romance with a younger man.
Actor and author Robynne Lee’s 2017 novel “The Idea of You” has been adapted for Amazon Prime Video! The story is about…, Anne Hathaway and Harry Styles’ great love affair!
The protagonist of “The Idea of You,” which was released in 2017 but became a Corona Disaster hit in 2020 with a 20% increase in sales over the previous year, is Solène, an art gallery owner; she is 39 years old, on the verge of her 40s, and after a divorce, at the request of her teenage daughter She goes to a live concert of a popular boy band called August Moon at the request of her teenage daughter. Although she was not keen on the idea, she met Hayes Campbell, a member of the band, and to her surprise, they fell in love. The two, each of them traveling around the world, spend time together in various places. It would be a journey for Solène to reclaim herself….
August Moon in the story has become a reference to One Direction, while Hayes has become a reference to Harry.
And in the film version, Solène will be named Sophie and played by Anne! It has not been announced who will play Hayes, who will be 24 years old, but we hope it will be Harry. However, Harry has said that he wants to focus on his music career once and for all after the films “My Policeman” and “Don’t Worry Darling” released this year, so it seems likely that another actor will be used.
This is the second time a novel inspired by Harry has been made into a live-action film. The “After” series of teen sensual novels and movies written by Harry’s fans has already become a popular series, and a fourth movie is in the works.
The lack of “older women” in stories is a social problem.
The fact that “The Idea of You” is now being made into a movie is also important for society. Until now, many films and TV dramas have rarely depicted “romance among women in their 40s” or “romance between an older woman and a younger man.
Lorraine, the author of the film, says that this film is not about Harry, but “is the story of a woman about to turn 40 who regains her sexual interest and rediscovers herself. Society has conventionally excluded women from such stories,” she says in American Vogue. Solène’s ex-husband remarries a younger woman, but when he does so, it has not been uncommon for the ex-wife to be portrayed as miserable, and it would have been rare for the ex-wife to remarry a younger man.
Moreover, it is not that movies and dramas have not depicted only the love lives of older women; they have also not portrayed various types of women. Lorraine, now 48 years old and also a career actor, said that as she gets older, the roles she is offered in the film industry change, “You are no longer an attractive woman. You are no longer a she. You are no longer an attractive wife. You are (becoming) a mother. It broke my heart and made me angry,” he noted. He said that the emotions he experienced in this situation are reflected in his novel.
Recently, many female actors have been creating works from the perspective of trying to change such situations. Emma Thompson, a great British actor, has said in the past, “George Clooney, although he is wonderful, could be with someone 40 or 30 years younger and be accepted without incident. But if I’m with somebody in a romantic relationship, the production team has to find somebody [to play the other side]. Because I am 61 years old now. You know what I mean. This is completely and thoroughly unbalanced,” she said.
She then went on to produce GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE, a comedy in which Nancy, who has lost her husband, interacts with Leo, a young sex worker, in order to enjoy sex. Emma and Darryl McCormack, who plays Leo, are 33 years apart.
They also enjoyed a romantic relationship in the Apple TV+ drama “Ted Lasso,” which was nominated for 20 Emmy Awards for the second year in a row, Rebecca, played by Hannah Waddingham, and Sam, played by Toheeb Jimoh; they have a 23-year age difference.
Another issue is the controversial point of romance with a partner who is too young, but as Emma discussed, it is something to consider that is portrayed in men but not in women. It is very important that the various aspects of different women be portrayed, as these issues affect not only women in their 40s and older, but all women of younger generations who see how women in their 40s are treated.
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