The hope for LastChristmas is that it can become a word-of-mouth hit. But can the movie starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding revive the theatrical rom-com?
and Henry Golding. “It’s a love letter to London and it felt like the kind of movie we need now,” says the “Bridesmaids” director.
Clarke plays an aspiring singer who takes a job as an elf in Yeoh’s Christmas store and meets Golding’s to-good-to-be true character on the job. She’s recently recovered from an illness, but her life is a mess. She’s drinking too much and engaging in ill-advised hookups. She’s a very different kind of heroine than some of the earlier rom-com princesses — an edgier, more relatable character for an era that’s grown more skeptical about the whole “meet cute” concept.
Feig sent the script in a Christmas gift box to Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairman Donna Langley and immediately got the go-ahead. From the start, he knew he wanted Clarke to play Kate.
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