Love comes in all different forms. The love, one feels for family, friends and even romantic partners can differ from person to person. It’s a bit more complicated than most romance films tend to portray, but “One True Loves,” attempts to showcase how maybe tricky falling in love can be. As a bookshop owner, Emma Blair (Phillipa Soo) is faced with an unimaginable choice when her assumed dead husband Jesse (Luke Bracey) returns to her life right when her boyfriend/childhood friend Sam (Simu Liu) proposes to her.
With the romance movie releasing to theaters today, April 7th, Character Media sat down with Michaela Conlin, who portrays Marie, the older sister of Emma, and helps the younger woman pick up the pieces after Jesse’s assumed death to learn how the film is more than just about romantic love.
CM: Did you read the original novel? How did you want to portray Marie differently or what aspects did you want to keep with your version of her?
Michaela Conlin: I have read the book, very randomly; actually, a friend told me about it. I remember Marie from the book because I liked her voice in the book. I loved that Taylor Jenkins Reid, the book’s author, was adapting it into an actual screenplay. I feel like she really knew Marie at her core; so much of it was already there. I just really thought Marie’s voice was so sharp and also loving, and I felt she gave a sense of place to Anna’s character that she needed. And I just liked everything about her in the book, and I felt like it translated a lot to Taylor and Andy [Fickman]’s adaptation.
CM: The film showcased many different forms of love beside romantic relationships, one of the most important was the bond between Marie and Emma, how did you navigate that connection?
Conlin: The movie really is about relationships and how we make choices depending on who we were before and what we think is the…
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