Author/ Actress Robinee Lee on her book The Idea Of You adapted into a film & starring Anne Hathaway

Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Author/ Actress #RobineeLee on her book #TheIdeaOfYou adapted into a film & starring #AnneHathaway and #NicholasGalitzine
Directed by Michael Showalter, the film also stars Ella Rubin, Annie Mumolo, Reid Scott, Perry Mattfeld, Jordan Aaron Hall, Mathilda Gianopoulos, Raymond Cham Jr., Jaiden Anthony, Viktor White, and Dakota Adan.
Based upon the bestselling novel written by Robinne Lee, and produced by Gabrielle Union; The Idea of You centers on Solène (Anne Hathaway), a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old boy-band sensation Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine).

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Oh how cool! I didn’t know it was her book. It was a really cute movie that I thoroughly enjoyed!

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"They thought they could make the best film and that would appeal to the white audience", I'm sorry but is it not your book? You could have had more say in the casting; that's a very poor excuse. Take a look at Alice Oseman, an asexual gender-fluid author who (for example) casted diverse real life queer people for queer characters. As if the representation in this industry for black people (especialy black women) isn't already little to none, you as a black woman (Gabrielle Union included) had a chance to reassess that. What a shame. This movie had such amazing potential, I'm also not surprised that it was directed by a white man. Anne Hathaway did an amazing job, as always, but I would've loved to see a black woman play that role. I would've loved to see a change for once. I am tired of seeing what has now become the standard: white stories. It's time for a change now.