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Exclusive: Lili Reinhart was initially ‘hesitant’, reveals why she almost passed on the rom-com The Love Hypothesis
Lili Reinhart sat down with HT to discuss stepping into Olive Smith’s role in The Love Hypothesis, finding her footing as an executive producer and Tom Bateman.
There was a time, not so long ago, when romantic comedies felt like a fading relic. The genre that once delivered larger-than-life love stories, iconic characters, and the kind of cinematic comfort we endlessly rewatched had slowly retreated from the mainstream. But quietly, and now undeniably, romance is making a highly lucrative comeback across theaters and streaming platforms, proving that our collective craving for the simple, electric thrill of watching two people fall in love never actually went away. In recent times, Prime Video has essentially cracked open a vault of contemporary and Young Adult adaptations—from Maxton Hall and The Summer I Turned Pretty to the upcoming Off Campus—that refuse to be boxed into a single demographic. Instead, these stories have sparked cross-generational obsessions, proving that the hunger for a good, earnest love story transcends age.
The latest addition to this swelling roster is The Love Hypothesis, the highly anticipated screen adaptation of Ali Hazelwood’s viral 2021 novel. When Ali first published the book in September 2021, the STEM-centered romance novel, famously originating as a viral Star Wars alternate-universe fanfiction, became an overnight sensation.
