The author of the novel, Robinne Lee, has distanced herself from comparisons between her novel and Harry Styles, though she’s admitted Styles was one of many celebrities who inspired the book.
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The buzzy new Anne Hathaway romantic comedy, “The Idea of You,” premiered on Amazon Prime on Thursday, and fans have noticed plenty of similarities between the male lead and pop singer Harry Styles—though the author of the novel the movie is based on and the film’s stars have recently distanced themselves from the Styles comparisons.Key Facts
“The Idea of You” stars Hathaway as a single mother who takes her daughter to the Coachella music festival, only to fall in love with a younger British singer from a popular boy band, played by Nicholas Galitizine.
Fans have noted various similarities between Styles and Galitizine’s character: Both are tattooed, charismatic British singers who launched their career in a five-piece boy band that amassed a fanbase of young women and girls.
Robinne Lee, author of the 2017 novel, told Vogue in a 2020 interview the male lead was conceived as “Prince Harry meets Harry [Styles]” with additional inspirations from her personal life, though she clarified the book was not meant to be about Styles.
