Anne Hathaway steps out for ‘The Idea of You’ premiere, shares how film was a birthday gift for herself

Anne Hathway was all smiles as she walked the purple carpet for the premiere of “The Concept of You” in New York Metropolis on Monday night time.

The actress, who stars within the movie alongside Nicholas Galitzine, dazzled in a pink robe with cutouts and paired the look with diamond earrings.

She additionally posed on the carpet with Galitzine, producer Gabrielle Union, and fellow stars Reid Scott and Ella Rubin.

“The Concept of You,” which is predicated on the guide by Robinne Lee and directed by Michael Showalter, follows Hathaway’s character, Soléne, a 40-year-old single mother lately out of a wedding, who attends Coachella, the place, in an opportunity encounter, meets 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, performed by Galitzine, the chief of the boy band August Moon.

Hayes is immediately smitten with Soléne and dedicates a tune to her whereas performing on the music competition.

When Soléne returns to her regular life — working at an artwork gallery and being a mother to her teenage daughter — Hayes finds her and the 2 start a romance, however face scrutiny by the media.

Whereas chatting with “Good Morning America” on the premiere, Hathaway, who can be a producer on the movie, stated she was “honored to be requested” to play Soléne and praised Union and producer Cathy Schulman.

“I learn it and I like love tales,” she stated. “I’ve been actually fortunate to be in plenty of them. I’ve been in plenty of mixed-tone movies as nicely. And so, to discover a love story at this stage of my profession that rang as true, I simply wished to enroll instantly.”

“Additionally, I simply thought Cathy Schulman and I had been speaking about it and I stated, ‘I actually need this to be my fortieth birthday reward to myself,'” she added. “So, I can’t consider a greater option to flip 40 and I really turned 40 the day earlier than we shot Soléne’s fortieth birthday.”

Galitzine additionally talked about what it was like appearing alongside Hathaway.

“We actually spent each single day with one another for about two months,” he stated. “It was normally laughter, or crying scenes and I simply really feel like I’ve realized an unbelievable quantity from her as nicely.”

“The Concept of You” streams globally on Prime Video starting on Might 2.

ABC Information’ Will Linendoll and Rebecca Anderson contributed to this report.