At a recent New York premiere screening, Juliet, Naked director Jesse Peretz told an audience of friends and well-wishers that adapting a Nick Hornby novel is daunting. Fever Pitch. Juliet, Naked —which Peretz adapted with a team of writers including his sister Evgenia who is a Vanity Fair contributor —is an affable charmer. It does Hornby proud. A resourceful, natural comedic actor and a fine dramatic one too , Byrne brings piquant energy to Juliet, Naked, playing a bored and just slightly downtrodden woman whose innate smarts and spirit still shine through her brown mood. So when Tucker Ethan Hawke enters their lives through the magic of the Internet, one would expect wild disruption.
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Feeling stuck after 15 years together, Annie acts out, sparking a fight with Duncan, which surprisingly and unexpectedly lands her straight into the path of Tucker Crowe. Collider: I really tremendously enjoyed this film and thought it was just delightful! BYRNE: I had read the book, and then, when the film started to float around, I immediately put my hand up and said that I would like to meet on it. So, I met pretty early with Jesse [Peretz], the director. What was it about this story and character, in particular, that made you want to throw your hat into the ring for it?
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Juliet, Naked is a romantic comedy film directed by Jesse Peretz based on Nick Hornby 's novel of the same name. It centers on the story of Annie Rose Byrne , and her unlikely romance with singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe Ethan Hawke , who is also the subject of her boyfriend's Chris O'Dowd long-time music obsession. Annie Platt contemplates escaping her hometown of Sandcliff, England , her job as a curator in a local museum, and her unhappy relationship with Duncan, a college teacher obsessed with Tucker Crowe, an American musician last heard from in An album titled Juliet, Naked arrives in the mail, containing acoustic demos from Crowe's breakthrough album Juliet.
Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also h Read all Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession. Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession. Sign In. Play trailer Comedy Drama Music.
