‘The Idea of You’ has frequently been billed as Harry Styles fan fiction, but author Robinne Lee explained why it’s not that simple.
TV & Movies
Harry or Hayes? Fact or fiction?
When Amazon Prime Video released The Idea of You on May 2, numerous fans believed they were sitting down to watch a movie adaptation of Harry Styles fanfic. The novel’s author, Robinne Lee, however, doesn’t agree with that description. While she has been open about Styles helping to inspire her hero, Hayes Campbell (played by Nicholas Galitzine), he’s far from the only person who went into the character, and the book and film are not based on a true story.
Lee flat-out debunked the misconception that Hayes is supposed to be Styles, telling Entertainment Weekly, “When I’m writing for Hayes, I’m not picturing Harry Styles.
