It's not a 'how to', it's not got a political message. This is about one very uncompromising man's choice. 'Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but this is not a movie with a message, other than perhaps to not judge somebody. 'The slightly extraordinary thing about this is that in four years, I've never had this type of response, and we've had responses from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and from quadriplegics, and their care-givers,' remarks Moyes. 'I hadn't read the book, so I read the screenplay not knowing anything about it and immediately fell in love with the love story,' she reveals. Thea Sharrock, an acclaimed theatre director - who also helmed the Henry V episode in the BBC's The Hollow Crown series, starring Tom Hiddleston, and a Call The Midwife Christmas special - makes her feature film debut with Me Before You. Here's what the talent have to say about bringing the cherished story to the cinema.

Now the movie, also adapted by Moyes, directed by Thea Sharrock and starring The Hunger Games' Sam Claflin and Game Of Thrones' Emilia Clarke, has arrived. Where it could've been saccharine, author Jojo Moyes treats their relationship with brilliant and poignant humour, which is largely why the book became a bestseller back in 2012. When she loses her job as a waitress, she begins work as a caregiver to Will Traynor (35), an adrenalin-fuelled banker who's lost the will to live since an accident left him with a spinal cord injury.Īfter a faltering start, they soon realise they're what the other needs, and a love story ensues. I hope readers feel the same way at meeting them again.Me Before You tells the story of Louisa Clark, a happy-go-lucky 26-year-old who's coasting through life. As ever, they have made me laugh, and cry. It has been such a pleasure revisiting Lou and her family, and the Traynors, and confronting them with a whole new set of issues. But working on the movie script, and reading the sheer volume of tweets and emails every day asking what Lou did with her life, meant that the characters never left me. Jojo Moyes says: “I hadn’t planned to write a sequel to Me Before You. And if she’s going to keep it, she has to invite them in. What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change.īut does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for – or just more questions?Ĭlose the door and life continues: simple, ordered, safe.īut Lou once made a promise to live. Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago.Īnd will she ever get over the love of her life. Or why the flat she’s owned for a year still doesn’t feel like home. Like how it is she’s ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. The much anticipated sequel to the international bestseller and number one film Me Before You

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