Overview
- The film adapts Freida McFadden’s bestseller, with Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway opposite Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar.
- Sweeney tells the BBC she seeks projects that can “impact and hopefully save people’s lives” and says she approaches such roles with care.
- Director Paul Feig says he focused on psychological abuse and avoided depicting physical violence to handle the subject sensitively.
- Feig adds that he restored elements fans love and included an ending not in the book to deliver a fresh surprise.
- The movie opened strongly in North America with about $19 million, as Seyfried notes her “uncanny” similarity to Sweeney and Sklenar calls such roles personally challenging.