Anyone But You
Summary
Anyone But Youincludes a surprising connexion to a fan - best-loved 15 - twelvemonth - old romantic comedy star Emma Stone that could make a shared romcom cinematic universe . With a gamy - concept premiss and two up - and - coming whizz in the leash roles , Anyone But Yousucceeded by bring back a expressive style of virtuoso - dot romcom that was thought to be a matter of the past times . Loosely adapted from William Shakespeare’sMuch Ado About Nothing , Anyone But Youstars Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney as two people who hate each other , pretend to be in a relationship , and terminate up falling in love .
divided up cinematic universes are unremarkably reserve for music genre franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe or The Conjuring Universe , which can be linked by MacGuffins and character team - ups . ButAnyone But Youmay have just initiate the first ever romcom cinematic universe , since the director included an Easter ballock that set it in the same creation as one of his erstwhile romantic comedies . The most likely explanation is that this Easter egg is just a split second to the audience , but it could be establishing a romcom franchise with crossover electric potential .
Anyone But You Subtly References Easy A’s Olive Penderghast
Olive’s name appears on a driver’s sign at the airport
Anyone But Youcontains a subtle reference toEasy A. No character fromEasy Ahave an overt cameo appearance inAnyone But You , but there is a sly reference to its lead eccentric . A equipment driver can be spot at the airport holding up a mark bearing Olive Penderghast ’s name . Olive , of course , was the champion ofEasy A , played by an former - calling Emma Stone . So , this eye blink - and - omit - it Easter egg could affirm that the two films are set in the same universe . BothAnyone But YouandEasy Awere directed by Will Gluck , but the similarity do n’t end there .
They ’re both based on classic literature , too : Anyone But Youisa modernized adaptation ofMuch Ado About NothingandEasy Ais a modernized adaptation ofThe Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel Hawthorne . Olive ’s name on the gadget driver ’s signal could just be a bang-up reference work to the film director ’s earlier work , or it could be a ratification thatAnyone But Youtakes shoes in the same universe asEasy A. Now that this link has been establish , it could go to a crossing sequel in the future .
Will Gluck Further Connects Anyone But You & Easy A With Natasha Bedingfield Songs
Gluck is clearly a huge Natasha Bedingfield fan
Olive ’s name on the driver ’s star sign at the airdrome is n’t the only nod toEasy Athat Gluck included inAnyone But You . The two romcoms are also linked by their use of Natasha Bedingfield ’s euphony . Easy Ahas a running laugh in which“Pocketful of Sunshine ” is Olive ’s preferred songand she sings it on repetition . Anyone But Yousimilarly use a Bedingfield song , as“Unwritten ” is used as Ben ’s serenity Sung . The Sung set forth out as a running joke between Ben and Bea and later expands to admit the rest of the film ’s dramatis personae .
This is in all likelihood more of a sign of Gluck ’s melodic taste than a sign of a shared cinematic universe . The fact that he ’s used two separate Natasha Bedingfield songs as all important plot points in two separate movies just mean that he ’s a monolithic Natasha Bedingfield rooter . However , now that the Bedingfield precedent has been set , any potential future movies in this crossover romcom enfranchisement would need to utilize more of her songs , and mayhap even boast a cameo coming into court by Bedingfield herself if they can get her .
Anyone But You 2 Could Kickstart Emma Stone’s Rom-Com Comeback
A lot of Stone’s earliest movies were romcoms
Anyone But Youhas been such a huge smash , both in theaters and on cyclosis , that it ’s probable to eventually get a subsequence reteaming Powell and Sweeney . Anyone But You 2would give Gluck the consummate chance to confirm the crossing betweenAnyone But YouandEasy A. Rather than just have the odd Easter egg here and there , Anyone But You ’s subsequence could really connect the movies even further by have Stone reprise her purpose as Olive alongside Powell ’s Ben and Sweeney ’s Bea , mayhap creating a new love trilateral .
work Stone back as Olive foranAnyone But Yousequelwould be a outstanding way to get her back into the romantic comedy genre . FromEasy AtoGhosts of Girlfriends PasttoCrazy , Stupid , LovetoFriends with benefit , a heap of Stone ’s earliest movie were romcoms . But as she ’s focussed on darker labor likeBirdmanandPoor Things , her romcom roles have fallen by the wayside . A role in theAnyone But Yousequel could kickstart a romcom replication .
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Cast
Anyone But You is a romanticistic clowning by film director Will Gluck starring Sydney Sweeny and Glen Powell . Sweeny and Powell star topology as Bea and Ben , two strangers with an incredible first date that goes sour observe one incident at the fag end conclusion . Thinking the worst is behind them , the two are roped into a destination marriage in Sydney , Australia , where they ’ll have to pretend to be a couple despite absolutely hating each other .
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Anyone But You is a romantic comedy by director Will Gluck starring Sydney Sweeny and Glen Powell. Sweeny and Powell star as Bea and Ben, two strangers with an incredible first date that goes sour following one incident at the tail end. Thinking the worst is behind them, the two are roped into a destination wedding in Sydney, Australia, where they’ll have to pretend to be a couple despite absolutely hating each other.
