Anne Hathaway Tears Up as SXSW Loses Its Mind for Sexy Nicholas Galitzine Rom-Com ‘The Idea of You’

Nicholas Galitzine opened up in a revealing interview with Variety.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Nicholas Galitzine may have told his parents that he has a lot of sex scenes in “Mary & George” with both women and men, but that didn’t keep things from getting awkward when his mom and dad were by his side at the series’ London premiere. “I was kind of in hysterics because there is nothing more uncomfortable than watching your son bed a number of characters even within the first few episodes,” the British actor, 29, tells me during a wide-ranging conversation on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast.

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While it’s hard to pinpoint an origin story for the backlash, it’s no secret that it became popular to hate on actress Anne Hathaway circa 2011 and 2012, the former being the year she hosted the Oscars with James Franco and the latter the year she won her first Oscar for “Les Misérables.” Perhaps it was the earnestness, possibly what was seen as an eager-to-please attitude. Still, the actress definitely took a perception hit in those ensuing years, seemingly adopted by the press as well.

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Anne Hathaway revealed in her new Vanity Fair cover story that she was told she had zero sex appeal when she was a young actor just starting out in Hollywood. Not that she ever bought into the claim: “I was like, ‘I’m a Scorpio. I know what I’m like on a Saturday night,’” she said.

a deeply personal interview with Vanity Fair, Anne Hathaway shot back at critics from early on in her career who said she had no sex appeal. “I was like, ‘I’m a Scorpio,’ ” Hathaway, 41, said.

While it’s hard to pinpoint an origin story for the backlash, it’s no secret that it became popular to hate on actress Anne Hathaway circa 2011 and 2012, the former being the year she hosted the Oscars with James Franco and the latter the year she won her first Oscar for “Les Misérables.” Perhaps it was the earnestness, possibly what was seen as an eager-to-please attitude. Still, the actress definitely took a perception hit in those ensuing years, seemingly adopted by the press as well.

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Given some of the star-studded titles that have closed out SXSW in previous years, a romantic comedy that could best be described as Harry Styles Wish Fulfillment might seem like an odd choice to round out the festival. But “The Idea of You,” a Michael Showalter adaptation of Robinne Lee’s book of the same name, proves that romantic comedies, when done well, are every bit as deserving of the red carpet rollout.

Nicholas Galitzine is opening up about his chemistry with Anne Hathaway in their new movie The Idea of You!

—the long-awaited movie to be based on a —that will hit Prime Video on May 2.To kick off this promotional tour, the star of opted for a rhinestone-encrusted minidress from French fashion house Patou's spring-summer 2024 collection. While the garment featured a ribbon across the chest on the runway, and her stylist, , dispensed with it to give the dress a more standard baby doll silhouette.Anne Hathaway at SXSW 2024 in a Patou minidress on March 16, 2024.It's a fun and relaxed look in every way.

In Michael Showalter’s The Idea of You, based on the novel by Robinne Lee, Amazon/MGM brings to the screen a narrative that tantalizes with the prospect of exploring the complexities of love, age disparity, and the pursuit of happiness in the digital age. Anchored by Anne Hathaway’s Solene, a single mother and art gallery owner, and Nicholas Galitzine’s Hayes Campbell, a young pop star from the fictional band August Moon, the film sets its sights on charting the course of an unconventional romance, but the script muddles it all up to produce a somewhat funny, somewhat entertaining, albeit overly long romantic comedy.

Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine got support from The Idea of You producer Gabrielle Union at the premiere of their new movie during the SXSW Conference & Festival on Saturday (March 16) in Austin, Texas.