Lili Reinhart: ‘Chemical Hearts’ isn’t typical teen love story
One of Hollywood’s hottest young actresses, Lili Reinhart, who plays the lead character of Grace Town in the upcoming romantic drama film “Chemical Hearts,” has said about the movie she loved that it was not a typical teen love story.
“It seemed a lot deeper than many other young adult romances out there,” said Reinhart, according to press notes released by Amazon Studios for members of the news media and which US and Global News also obtained.
“It’s more raw and grounded in grief,” added Reinhart, who also executive produces the movie. “Most teen movies concentrate on drinking and experimenting and losing your virginity. This is the internal struggle of these two young people feeling overwhelming emotions as their worlds are changing.”
“Chemical Hearts” is written and directed by Richard Tanne (“Southside with You”). It is based on the 2016 debut novel “Our Chemical Hearts” by Krystal Sutherland. The movie will be released worldwide on Amazon Prime Video August 21.
About executive producing the project, Reinhart said, “Being an executive producer meant I was incredibly involved from the very beginning to make sure that this project came together in the best way that it could.”
“I loved helping to build something from the ground up,” Lili Reinhart added.
According to the press notes, Reinhart was an admirer of Tanne’s feature film debut, “Southside with You,” which imagines the first date between former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. Reinhart reached out to Tanne about directing “Chemical Hearts.”
Tanne began working on the screenplay the same day he met Reinhart, despite not having secured the film rights yet.
“It immediately appealed to me because it was a story about the first great love of your life,which was also the first great heartbreak of your life,” explained the movie’s writer-director. “In retrospect, it seems ill-advised to have completed a script when Lili and I had not yet optioned the rights – and didn’t even know if we could. But my urge to tackle the project was so compelling I was willing to take a gamble.”
