‘The Idea of You’ producer details unexpected casting of Anne Hathaway

The Idea of You producer Cathy Schulman recently talked about Anne Hathaway’s casting in the romantic comedy.

During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-winning producer revealed that she envisioned Hathaway for the lead role.

Schulman said, “I pictured her from the beginning, and we tried to write the script to her — channel her energy in the character.”

Despite typically advising her team that ‘If there’s one thing we never should do, it’s develop for a single actor. Because we’ll never get that actor,’ Schulman described Hathaway’s involvement as ‘kind of a miracle.’

“But she had mentioned to me that she wanted to do a movie that could loudly announce that she’s 40 and here to stay. She can still sparkle, still be sensual and sexual and everything. And we did shoot it in the year she was turning 40,” Schulman further stated.

The film, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, tells the story of a single mother who enters a whirlwind romance with a younger man, the lead singer of a popular boy band.