Nicholas Galitzine Recollects Assembly ‘Radiant’ Costar Anne Hathaway (Unique)

Anne Hathaway has a “radiant” high quality, in accordance with her The Thought of You costar Nicholas Galitzine.

The actor, 29, tells PEOPLE about attending to work with the Oscar winner — whom he now affectionately refers to as Annie — after being a fan of hers for years.

“Annie’s somebody who completely encapsulates the kind of profession that I would like for myself within the sense that she’s extremely versatile. She actually is so gifted,” says Galitzine, additionally recognized for the Starz collection Mary & George plus the rom-com Crimson, White & Royal Blue.

And, “she’s clearly this extraordinarily radiant, lovely human being,” Galitzine provides of Hathaway, 41.

That radiance was on show after they first met for an audition for The Thought of You, a romance a few single mother who falls in love with a well-known 20-something pop star.

“She was sporting these silver house boots, like high-heeled issues, and everybody was simply type of commenting on the glow and the glimmer that was emanating from these boots,” remembers Galitzine of the audition. “So I type of went into this room and it grew to become very human and chill in a short time, which was good. Anybody who’s been in an audition room is aware of it is a very scary place, very susceptible.”

Galitzine says he and Hathaway “simply instantly had an understanding for one another and each noticed the potential enjoyable that we may have with these characters.” As he places it, “Certainly one of her better items is her capacity to attach and be open.”

That chemistry take a look at, nevertheless, was nonetheless “essentially the most daunting audition I’ve ever been requested to do,” for different causes, Galitzine says. It required him to learn a number of scenes with Hathaway (together with a seven-page second that brings each characters to tears) and he “needed to persuade her to do an improvised dance.”

“And the third ingredient was that I needed to serenade everybody. I needed to convey a tune and sing,” mentioned the actor, whose character within the movie, Hayes Campbell, is a part of a boy band known as August Moon.

“She’s an unbelievable singer, so I used to be fearing judgment, however they have been all so supportive,” he says.

“And I feel instantly after I received in there, I knew I needed to be part of the mission as a result of [director] Michael [Showalter] and Annie and Cathy Schulman, our producer, they have been all so welcoming and inspiring. And I feel that simply utterly continued all through the entire artistic course of.”

The Thought of You is streaming on Prime Video Might 2.