I've always wanted to be in my own fan fiction. As a teenager who grew up at the height of One Direction's undeniable global fame and Harry Styles' ascension into one of the first British Gen Z heartthrobs, I was one of millions of young teens who wanted to be in an age-gap relationship with the curly haired pop star.
The new Prime Video romantic comedy "The Idea of You," adapted from the novel of the same name, follows this same fan fiction-like blueprint however the age gap between its central characters Solène (Anne Hathaway) and Hayes (Nicholas Galitzine) is reversed. Solène is a 39-year-old gallerist in Los Angeles, who's also a recent divorcée and a mother to a teenager. Her life is flipped on its head when she has a meet-cute with Hayes, the 24-year-old frontman to British boyband August Moon.
