Harry Styles fanfic? Anne Hathaway lives ‘forbidden’ romance in film

Just inspiration. Lee claims that Harry Styles served as one of the role models for creating Hayes. She says she got the idea after discovering that the singer liked older women – Harry dated actress Olivia Wilde, 40, for around two years.

I saw this boy’s face that I had never paid attention to, and he was so perfect. I spent a few hours researching who he was and discovered that he used to date older women. So the seed was planted.
Robinne Lee in Vogue

Not just Harry. Lee also drew inspiration from other well-known figures. “Hayes is my dream guy. He’s like Prince Harry meets Harry Styles,” she explained, adding that she also stole traits from exes, her husband and actor Eddie Redmayne.

Nicholas Galitzine, Hayes’ interpreter, didn’t want the character to be like the real-life singer. “It was important to create someone who was new and original, and not a shoddy imitation of him, which I don’t know very well,” he told Buzzfeed UK.

“An Idea of ​​You” is directed by Michael Showalter and produced by Douglas S. Jones, Jason Babiszewski, Jennifer Westfeldt and Kian Gass. The film has original songs available on audio platforms, following in the footsteps of the “Daydi Jones & The Six” production, in which a fictional band also had real tracks.