And the “Me Before You” beauty has no qualms about stripping off for film roles as she loves to see her bare bottom on television. “This job had no end to its challenges for me”.
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That story is already known, of course, to fans of the novel by Jojo Moyes, who adapted her book here. Directed by Thea Sharrock.
A Warner Bros. release.
But Sharrock, a noted English theater director making her feature debut with “Me Before You”, had spotted something in Clarke – one of some 300 actresses she’d seen for the role – and her sparkling chemistry test with Sam Claflin solidified it.
Emilia Clarke (“Game of Throne”) is Lou, a working-class girl in small-town England, and the movie makes no bones that, were young Will (Sam Claflin) not the victim of a awful accident, he would never have given Lou a second glance. Clarke is undeniably the MVP, however, and she ultimately saves Me Before You from its shortcomings. Louisa – or Lou, as she’s called – has few skills but manages to get an interview at the grand Traynor estate. Either way, Lou’s rainbow-colored wardrobe perfectly sums up her character: bright, comforting, quirky, multi-layered, and maybe a little naïve. He introduces her to films with subtitles. She’s cute and spunky and totally broke, and she takes a job as his companion – not as his nurse, but as someone for him to talk to.
She walked in and, honestly as she took off her coat she knocked something off the table, and she was like, ‘Oh my God.
Even celebrities get starstruck in the presence of a khaleesi.
Will attends Lou’s family birthday dinner. In fact, her sparkling personality and easy nature are hard for even Will to ignore, and soon enough each becomes exactly what the other needs. Then Lou discovers Will’s real plan – he is determined to commit legal suicide in Sweden.
The choice Will ultimately makes won’t be revealed here. It’s not awards worthy or anything of the sort, but if you fancy a cry, you definitely can do worse.
But you’re not a cold-hearted snake if they don’t come. Running time: 110 minutes.
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MPAA definition of PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned.
