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Anne Hathaway described an audition early in her career where she had to kiss 10 men to test her chemistry as a “very different time”. The Oscar-winning actress, who did not name the film, reflected on the experience when speaking about the casting process in The Idea Of You about her upcoming romantic comedy, in which she plays a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with the 24-year-old lead singer of a boy band.

“We asked the incoming actors to pick a song that they felt their character would love and that they would put on that would make my character dance, and then we did a little improvisation,” Hathaway, 41, told V Magazine. which was viewed by RTE. The actress said 29-year-old British actor Nicholas Galitzine chose Alabama Shakes and the audition was “just easy”.

I heard Brittany’s (Alabama Shakes singer – ed.) voice and started to smile. And he saw that I was smiling, so he calmed down and we just started dancing

– he said about Galitzine, who a Red, White, & Royal Blue may be familiar from the movie “No one was bragging. No one was trying to get the spotlight. We were just dancing and I looked over and Michael Showalter, our director, was broadcasting. We had a blast,” Hathaway said.

Bad experiences

The audition has been compared to a chemistry test that Anne Hathaway experienced two decades ago. “In the 2000s, and it happened to me, it was considered normal for an actor to be asked to kiss other actors to test chemistry, which is actually the worst way to do it,” he said.

They said to me: »10 guys are coming today and you are the casting agent. Aren’t you excited to smack them all?’

the actress was asked.

“I thought there was something wrong with me because I wasn’t excited. I thought that sounded disgusting,” she said sheepishly. “And I was so young, and I knew how easy it was to lose everything by being labeled ‘problem,’ so I pretended to be excited and went for it. This wasn’t a power play, no one wanted to be horrible or hurt. It was just a very different time,” Hathaway said.

The actress who starred alongside Julie Andrews in 2001 Naughty princess became known after the release of the film, he also dealt with rumors about the third film of the franchise.

We’re doing well… That’s all I can say. Nothing to announce yet. But we are doing well

– He told.

The American star also said that it is “no secret” that he would love to perform on Broadway. “Being on Broadway was my first dream, you know? And so many wonderful, extraordinary things have happened to me, but this has not yet been given. This is a goal that lives very, very vividly in me,” he added.