Anne Hathaway talks to THR on the red carpet for 'The Idea of You' premiere and gets emotional comparing it to her premiere for 'The Princess Diaries' when she was 18. Hear why she said she wanted to be "really present" in her gratitude.
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00:00Congratulations on this film. I have to say you had a really emotional reaction
00:03to screening this film
00:04at South by Southwest. Why was this a story that you're really excited to tell?
00:08Well, I was emotional for a couple reasons. One was just
00:12knowing that this is one of my first streaming movies
00:16and so I just knew how special it was to get to see it with an audience because
00:18that wouldn't be
00:20the path that this movie was gonna take. So it just felt really exciting to
00:23actually receive the love from an audience because
00:26you know when it comes out, I hope the whole world enjoys it
00:30and it's just going to be different. So that was some of it. It was just being really present in my
00:32gratitude
00:33that we got to have that experience as well as a huge worldwide streaming
00:37release.
00:38So, also I just... I was in a film when I was 17 years old called The Princess
00:44Diaries. It came out when I was 18
00:46and the premiere of the movie felt so much like the premiere for this one.
00:52Oh God, don't cry again. Don't do it. You're making me tear up.
00:56Oh my gosh. And when I was 18 years old, it was my first premiere so I just thought that was
01:00the way it works
01:01and it can go so well but that level
01:04of just instant audience love and embracing of it and feeling
01:08I don't know, that audience satisfaction. You don't get that every single time.
01:12Sometimes movies are darker. Sometimes movies are more challenging.
01:15This one is... we really made it for everyone and to just feel everyone love it.
01:20I hadn't had that feeling quite in that same way since Princess Diaries.
01:23And now I'm 41 and I know how to appreciate it. And you're already seeing that
01:27reaction tonight so thank you again for stopping by.