Article: Alison Owen Karen Rosenfelt Emilia Clarke Sam Claflin Janet McTeer Charles Dance Brendan Coyle Craig Armstrong Sunswept Entertainment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer New Line Cinema Warner Bros. Pictures 110 minutes
Me Before You is a 2016 American-British romantic drama film directed by Thea Sharrock and adapted by Jojo Moyes from her 2012 novel of the same name. The film stars Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman, Charles Dance, Matthew Lewis, Ben Lloyd-Hughes and Janet McTeer. The film was released on June 3, 2016 in the United States, received mixed reviews and has grossed $26 million.
Plot
Often times you find love where you least expect it. Sometimes it takes you where you never expected to go. Louisa `Lou` Clark (Emilia Clarke) lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year-old goes from one job to the next in order to help her tight-knit family make ends meet. Her normally cheery outlook is put to the test, however, when she faces her newest career challenge.
Taking a job at the local castle, she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor (Sam Clafin), a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident two years prior, and whose whole world changed dramatically in the blink of an eye. No longer the adventurous soul he once was, the now cynical Will has all but given up. That is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for, and find their lives and hearts changing in ways neither one could have imagined.
Cast
Emilia Clarke as Louisa "Lou" Clark
Sam Claflin as William (Will) Traynor
Janet McTeer as Camilla Traynor
Charles Dance as Steven Traynor
Brendan Coyle as Bernard Clark
Jenna Coleman as Katrina Clark
Matthew Lewis as Patrick
Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Rupert Freshwell
Vanessa Kirby as Alicia Dewar
Steve Peacocke as Nathan
Samantha Spiro as Josie Clark
Joanna Lumley as Mary Rawlinson
Production
On April 2, 2014, it was announced Thea Sharrock would direct the film. On September 2, 2014, Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin were cast in the film. On March 24, 2015, Stephen Peacocke was cast in the film. On April 2, 2015, Jenna Coleman and Charles Dance were cast in the film. On April 9, 2015, Janet McTeer joined the cast. On April 10, 2015, Brendan Coyle, Matthew Lewis, Samantha Spiro, Vanessa Kirby, and Ben Lloyd-Hughes joined the cast.
Filming
Principal photography began in April 2015, and ended on June 26, 2015.
Release
In July 2014, it was announced that the film would be released on August 21, 2015. In May 2015, the film's release date was moved to June 3, 2016. In November 2015, the film's release date was moved back, to March 4, 2016, before being delayed again in January 2016, to its previous June 3, 2016 release date.
Reception Box office
, Me Before You has grossed $18.3 million in North America and $7.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $26 million, against a budget of $20 million.
In North America, Me Before You opened on June 3, 2016 alongside Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and is expected to gross around $15 million from 2,704 theaters in its opening weekend. The film grossed $1.4 million from its Thursday night previews and $7.8 million on its first day. In its opening weekend the film grossed $18.3 million, finishing third at the box office behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows ($35.3 million) and X-Men: Apocalypse ($22.3 million).
Critical response
Me Before You has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 43% based on 97 reviews; the average rating is 5.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Me Before You benefits from Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin's alluring chemistry, although it isn't enough to compensate for its clumsy treatment of a sensitive subject." On Metacritic the film has a score of 51 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences however gave a much more positive reception. On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.
Controversy
The film has suffered a backlash from many people in the disabled community due to what they perceive as an underlying message that people with disabilities are a burden on their families and careers, and claim the film promotes the view that people are better off dead than disabled. They view the film as advocating suicide so that their loved ones can "live boldly". The #MeBeforeEuthanasia backlash has been led by celebrities with disabilities; Liz Carr, Penny Pepper, and Cherylee Houston.
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Video: Matthew Lewis at MegaCon 2017
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Matt attended MegaCon in Orlando last weekend and a video of his panel is now online. Watch below:
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Videos: Comedy Central UK Interviews Matthew Lewis; Drunk History Airs Tonight
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Matthew’s episode of Comedy Central UK’s
Drunk History
airs tonight at 10pm and in anticipation of the episode, CCUK have released two new videos featuring Matt. In the first video he talks about history and being drunk:
The second video features Matt talking about some of his favorite things, like Stranger Things:
Videos: Matthew Lewis in ‘Into Film’ Featurettes
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Last December Matt Lewis
visited a school in Leeds
to talk about film with
Into Film
. Into Film is an organization that gives every child and young person aged 5 to 19 in the UK the chance to experience film creatively. After the visit, one of their young reporters got some time with Matthew and did a Harry Potter quiz and another video getting to know Matthew himself.
In this first video he has to answer Harry Potter quiz questions. Matthew does a pretty great job at guessing who said what line and in what film.
The next video Matthew answers questions about himself, filming and gives advice to his younger self.
Video: Matt Lewis at Wizard World Comic Con in Portland
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Last weekend Matthew Lewis attended
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Video: Matt Lewis at Press Q&A During Celebration of Harry Potter
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from last weekend’s Celebration of Harry Potter. We were also able to take part in a press Q&A session with the four cast members on Friday evening. Unfortunately our
live video
got a little messed up after we finished streaming (view the 30 minutes that were posted
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) Fortunately for you, there’s plenty of other footage. Watch the full press conference below thanks to The DIS.
There isn’t much new information in the video, since most press ask the same questions every year. Matthew does share what advice he would give to his younger self and talks a bit about his passions outside of acting (aka: rugby league.)
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