Anne Hathaway explains signing on for upcoming age-gap rom-com: "I want to have fun, dammit"

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The Idea of You is out May 2

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Anne Hathaway signed on for Michael Showalter's age-gap rom-com The Idea of You because she deserves to have fun, gosh darnit.

"For some reason, we talk about coming-of-age stories as being something that happens to you in the earliest part of your life, and I don’t know about you, but I feel like I keep blooming," Hathaway said at the film's March 16 premiere (via Vulture). "I don’t want to be pigeonholed and don’t want to be placed in a box of what type of films I have to be making because of my age, gender, and because I won an Oscar. I want to have fun, dammit. It speaks to me."

The Idea of You, based on the novel by Robinne Lee, stars Hathway as Solène Marchand, a 40-year-old divorced mother who strikes up a love affair with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), the lead singer of One Direction-esque boyband August Moon. The cast includes Ella Rubin, Reid Scott, Annie Mumolo, and Perry Mattfeld.

Lauren Milici
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