[Editor’s note: The following story contains spoilers for “The Idea of You.”]
Don’t you hate it when Hollywood modifications the ending to your favourite guide when adapting it into a movie? The method is sacrilege to some readers, however it could usually result in movies enhancing upon their supply materials. The newest bestseller to see its ending modified is “The Thought of You” — and a latest piece by IndieWire’s Erin Strecker endorses the modifications screenwriters Michael Showalter and Jennifer Westfeldt made in adapting Robinne Lee’s 2017 novel.
Nevertheless, it seems these modifications, effectively considered they’re by some, didn’t obtain enter from Lee herself. In a latest interview with Leisure Weekly, the writer stated she “was not concerned in any respect within the adaptation.”
“I’ve not even spoken to [director] Michael [Showalter] but,” Lee stated. “However I’m wanting ahead to assembly him, so no, I haven’t spoken to him about any modifications. My husband’s a producer on this, and he’s spoken to him, and so he has reported again to me about Michael’s modifications, so I do know among the causes he did issues he selected to do.”
The ending change in query has to do with how the connection between Hathaway’s 40-year-old Solène and Galitzine’s 24-year-old Hayes ends. Within the guide, they each half methods for good, with Solène left lovelorn and fascinated by what might’ve been. However the movie provides a sunnier conclusion. After just a few years aside, we see Hayes present up at Solène’s gallery. The 2 share a tearful reunion, providing hope that their relationship will re-flourish. It’s much more upbeat that Lee’s unique conclusion, however she isn’t stunned by the change.
“The guide is a guide, and the film is a film,” stated Lee. “You need to step away and let the filmmakers do what they’re going to do and never get too involved with what it’s you’ve created and when it stops as a result of it’s a totally totally different medium. Diversifications are all the time a tough factor as a result of books are a lot extra cerebral, and also you’re studying the character’s ideas, and it’s laborious to convey character’s ideas in a movie, so there’s going to be modifications.”