In an interview for The Romantics Katie Holmes discusses her own marriage to Tom Cruise, Malin Akerman shares her story, and Rebecca Lawrence talks about her ideal, and they all discuss the appeal of swimming in cold water.
Katie Holmes knows a thing or two about weddings that cause drama. Her 2006 star-studded wedding to Tom Cruise attracted an avalanche of media attention. In her movie “The Romantics,” a wedding steeped in drama is the central occasion for a group of friends and lovers who got to know each other about 10 years ago in college, and have now reunited for the wedding. Holmes plays Laura Rosen, the maid of honor and former roommate of Lila Hayes (played by Anna Paquin), who comes from a privileged family. Lila is getting married to Tom (played by Josh Duhamel), who has had an on-again, off-again love affair with Laura.
Other people in the circle of friends include married couple Pete (played by Jeremy Strong) and C-list actress Tripler (played by Malin Akerman); engaged couple Jake (played by Adam Brody) and Weesie (played by Rebecca Lawrence); and Lila’s hard-drinking brother, Chip Hayes (played by Elijah Wood), who has an unrequited crush on Laura. The group of friends has the nickname the Romantics because most of them have coupled off with each other at one point or another, yet they are currently struggling with various issues in their love lives.
As the wedding approaches, it becomes clear that Laura and Tom still have unresolved feelings for each other. The big questions loom: Will Tom go through with the wedding to Lila? Will Laura do something to disrupt the wedding? Will any of these people find true happiness? The ensemble cast of “The Romantics” also includes Candice Bergen as Augusta Hayes (the controlling mother of Chip and Lila) and Dianna Agron as Minnow Hayes, Lila’s sometimes-envious younger sister. “The Romantics” was written and directed by Galt Niederhoffer, who adapted the screenplay from her novel “The Romantics.” At the New York City press conference for “The Romantics,” Niederhoffer (also one of the film’s producers) gathered with Holmes (one of the film’s executive producers), Duhamel, Akerman, Strong and Lawrence and Brody to talk about love, friendship and marriage.
Katie Holmes reveals there was a a lot of food-filled bonding sessions amongst the ladies on the set of The Romantics.
Katie Holmes’ co-star Malin Akerman has said she wanted to ‘eat’ her little girl Suri.
Akerman, 32, worked with Holmes, 31, on their new movie The Romantics and said her co-star’s four-year-old daughter Suri was great on set.
She said to E! Online: ‘You just want to eat her! You want to eat that little kid so badly. And she’s a smart, smart girl. She’s so smart and well socialised because she’s always on set.’
Akerman was equally impressed with Holmes herself: ‘She’s like the sweetest hometown girl. She comes to set with cupcakes and coffee and orders pizza for everyone.
‘She’s like the mother hen… And she’s super cool and really, really funny. We had a blast.’
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