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It’s optimistic and heartbreaking in equal measure, and the duo are believable in every iteration.
These weren’t filmed chronologically either, leaving Pugh and Garfield to navigate inhabiting their younger and older selves.
Even with that tricky task, Pugh was undaunted.
As Garfield adds, it was part of the unique challenge of this story.
“But then we had to break it all apart and put it into a completely different order.
The latter especially has often become a thing of the past in romantic comedies, and in Hollywood generally.
“So it’s kind of risky to involve them or include them in a film nowadays.”
The director cites two specific scenes in the film that he feels justify their existence.
Almut, a no-nonsense chef with endless ambition, changes this for him.
“It’s like, ‘I need to be with you.
I need to spend my life with you.’
He has to find more risk.
Pugh is also meditative on how her character grows and is changed by Tobias.
And I love that because that also kind of taught me a bit of a lesson.
Pugh smiles fondly as she explains how proud she is of their work on the film.
“People have very specific individual connections to something thematic in the film,” Crowley agrees.
So that’s very special when people feel that it’s speaking to experience.
That’s exactly what we wanted to do with the film, to try and express something inexpressible.”
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