Proud to play modern women in What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Lily James

• Lily James describes her character as a realistic “modern young woman”.
• She plays dating app junkie Zoe in the new romantic comedy.
• Lily has complimented the movie for its “unjudgemental” examination of romance.

What’s Love Got to Do With It? actress Lily James describes her character as a realistic “modern young woman” who enjoys “going on dates” and “sleeping around.”

The 33-year-old actress, who plays dating app junkie Zoe in the new romantic comedy, discovered she could identify with her alter ego’s struggle to balance her job goals with her quest for love, making numerous blunders along the way.

Speaking to HeyUGuys.com, Lily said of her character: “I love that she’s a young woman figuring it out. She’s going on dates, she’s sleeping around. She’s really passionate about what she does, really ambitious.

What’s Love Got to Do With It? actress Lily James describes her character as a relatable “contemporary young woman” who enjoys “going on dates” and “sleeping around.”

The film follows documentary filmmaker Zoe as she documents Kaz’s (Shazad Latif) journey from London to Pakistan as he weds a stranger. Kaz is Zoe’s childhood friend and next-door neighbour. Zoe starts to consider whether she could benefit from adopting a different approach to seeking love.

Lily has complimented the movie for its “unjudgemental” examination of romance, which also stars Dame Emma Thompson and Shabana Azmi.

The ‘Pam and Tommy’ actress explained: “I think the film really celebrates love but also looks at it in a really unjudgemental way to look at what love can mean for every different individual across countries, cultures, religion, everything.

“It’s a deeply romantic film at the core of it.”

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