Me Before You
Live boldly.
Me Before You (2016)
Timing:
1:50 (110 min)
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Country
Production
Genre
Drama, Romance
Budget
$20 000 000
Revenue
$208 445 075
Website
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Karen Rosenfelt, Alison Owen, Sue Baden-Powell
Operator
Remi Adefarasin
Composer
Craig Armstrong
Artist
Lauren Briggs-Miller
Audition
Kate Dowd
Editing
Short description
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.
What's left behind the scenes
- Emilia Clarke convinced Matthew Lewis to shave his legs before filming.
- The film directorial debut of theater director Thea Sharrock.
- Emilia Clarke, who plays Louisa Clark, and Charles Dance, who plays Steven Traynor, both appeared in the series "Game of Thrones" (2011), but they did not have any scenes together there. Richard Madden, a friend of Jenna Coleman, who plays Katrina Clark, also starred in the same series.
- In the first week following the release of the film's trailer, the novel "Me Before You" rose in the "USA Today" bestseller list from 141st place to 3rd.
- The film omits many scenes described in the book and at least one character.
- In Jojo Moyes' novel (2012), on which Thea Sharrock based her film, Lou Clark gets a bumblebee tattoo. Emilia Clarke, who played the role, has such a tattoo on her finger (it was her first tattoo).
- In the historical television series “The White Queen” (2013), Janet McTeer played Jacquetta of Luxembourg, the mother of Elizabeth, who was destined to ascend the throne. Charles Dance played Cersei Lannister’s father in the series “Game of Thrones” (2011). It is believed that the character of Cersei was partially based on Elizabeth Woodville. In the film “Me Before You,” McTeer and Dance play a married couple.
- Some argue that Will could not have cut his veins because his hands do not obey him. According to the book, Will found a nail sticking out of the wall and simply ran his wheelchair back and forth along it.
- The film provoked numerous critical remarks from people with disabilities, who believed that it promotes suicide for such individuals.
- The French film with subtitles that the characters are watching is called «Of Gods and Men».
- Emilia Clarke, who plays Louisa Clark, and Charles Dance, who plays Steven Traynor, both appeared in the series 'Game of Thrones' (2011), but did not share any scenes together. Richard Madden, a friend of Jenna Coleman who plays Katrina Clark, also starred in the same series.
- Within the first week of the film’s trailer release, the novel 'Me Before You' jumped in the 'USA Today' bestseller list from 141st place to 3rd.
- In the historical television series 'The White Queen' (2013), Janet McTeer played Jacquetta of Luxembourg, the mother of Elizabeth, who was destined to ascend the throne. Charles Dance played the father of Cersei Lannister in the series 'Game of Thrones' (2011). It is believed that the character of Cersei was partially based on Elizabeth Woodville. In 'Me Before You', McTeer and Dance play a married couple.
- The French film with subtitles that the characters are watching is called "Of Gods and Men".
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