"The Intern" star Anne Hathaway is a huge fan of romantic comedies, also known as chick flicks, but she has to admit that Nancy Meyers' new work is anything but that.
Hathaway actually auditioned for Meyers' other chick flicks such as "The Holiday" and "What Women Want" several years ago, but at 17 years old, she just wasn't old enough to get the roles she wanted then.
"I love rom-coms, and I was bummed that they sort of stopped making them around the time I was old enough to be in them," she said during an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "But at the same time I so respected the fact that the genre kind of needed an update. But you know, even when rom-coms were at their hey-day, very few people did it at the level of Nancy Meyers."
"Those movies didn't go my way, but this one did. I was very psyched about it," she added.
However, Hathaway cannot help but be worried that people will look down on "The Intern" as a simple chick flick.
"I'm not just worried about people that might dismiss it as a chick flick, I'm also worried about people that might look at it and say 'Oh, that looks sweet.' People are so snarky nowadays, and I feel that they might roll their eyes or mouth vomit or something," she said.
Hathaway further defended the film, saying that "the comedy is genuine." Plus, people cannot go wrong with Meyers' compelling storyline and Robert De Niro's superb acting. "They're the real deal," she said.
The actress also loves the character she plays - Jules Ostin, since she's a go-getter and a workaholic who is determined to get the job done but still values her personal relationships - not just with her own family, but also her work family.
"She's juggling a million things ... she seems to be losing grip on all these things she's worked so hard for," Hathaway said of her character. "And then something wonderful happens. The last person she thinks can help her comes into her life. The person who she thought was going to be a burden comes in, and just by listening to her, just by being compassionate, letting her go at her own pace and supporting her, allows her to blossom."
Of course, Hathaway was referring to De Niro's character Ben, who became her intern then later her best friend.
