Lee talked to Jezebel about what it was like having her debut novel adapted into the buzzy, star-studded rom-com and why she prefers her original ending.Actress Robinne Lee spent two decades doing what every actress does…auditioning and existing at the mercy of producers and directors.
There’s a lot that comes after the happily ever after, like sometimes it’s not happily ever after. You continue to grow and evolve as a human being. Life just gets more complex and delicious and interesting and layered, and I wanted to write about that.Solène decides for a time to defy that. Do you feel like readers were missing all of the deeper stuff for the hot romance?
I’d given her an early draft of the book for her to blurb so she had it in mind. She met Cathy Schulman and shortly after the book came out she said to me, “There’s this producer I’ve met. I think you would get along well. She really loves your book and is really interested in trying to do female-driven projects. I’d love to set up a meeting if that’s a possibility?” And so it came from that.
How did that feel as the author? Was there any contact at all with Showalter or just “take a look now that it’s done”? When I was writing this book, I was very aware that I was writing from the perspective of a French woman. I’m a huge fan. I live here now in Paris and they have a different approach to many things than we do in America. And that’s part of their appeal to me. I love the way they tell their stories. I love their films. I love that they don’t feel like they have to put a happy ending on it and wrap it up in a pretty bow.
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