Anne Hathaway recalls an audition where she had to kiss 10 guys: “It felt terrible”
Anne Hathaway shed light on one of the most bizarre audition practices of the 2000s in a recent interview. The Devil Wears Prada star revealed a shocking experience where she was expected to kiss 10 men in a single day in the name of a “chemistry test”. Hathaway described feeling not only awkward, but downright “disgusting” about the entire incident, but still ‘pretended to be excited.’
Hathaway says that in the 2000s, it was “normal” to ask actors to make out with potential co-stars during chemistry tests.
“That was really the worst way to do it,” she told V Magazine. “I was told, ‘We have ten people coming in today and you’ve been chosen. Aren’t you excited to show chemistry with all of them?’ And I thought, ‘Is there something wrong with me?’ Because I wasn’t excited, I thought it looked cheap.
She continued, “And I was very young and knew very well how easy it was to lose everything by being called ‘difficult,’ so I just pretended I was excited and joined in. It’s not a power game. No one was trying to abuse me or hurt me, it was a different time and we know better now.” Also, read – Chris King, the rapper who was close friends with Trippie Redd and Justin Bieber shot Dead in Nashville
How Anne Hathaway chose her romantic interest for her latest release “The Idea of You” film
We asked each actor who came in to pick a song that they thought their character would like, which they would make my character dance to, and then we would improvise a little bit on it. Anne Hathaway said, “I was sitting on a chair as we had just come from dinner or a walk or something, and we started playing and we started dancing together.”
Anne Hathaway says that when she came to audition she knew Galitzine was the perfect choice for the role of heartthrob Hayes.
What is ‘The Idea of You’ about?
Based on the acclaimed contemporary love story of the same name, The Idea of You centres on Solene (Anne Hathaway), a 40-year-old single mother who begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine)who was the Lead singer of the hottest boy band on the planet, August Moon.
When Solene had to step in at the last minute to organize her teenage daughter’s trip to the Coachella music festival after her ex-partner bailed, she had a chance meeting with Hayes and an instant, undeniable spark was born. As they begin a whirlwind romance, it doesn’t take long for Hayes’ superstar status to create inevitable challenges for their relationship.