After star Hero Fiennes Tiffin is back on Prime Video with new movie Picture This, alongside Simone Ashley.
The rom-com follows photographer Pia (Ashley) who is told that she'll meet her true love within the next five dates she goes on, with her ex Charlie (Fiennes Tiffin) among those potential contenders.
Talking to Digital Spy ahead of the movie's release, Fiennes Tiffin explained how he could connect the role to his real life.
"Having done romances before, playing a slightly younger character, there was something interesting about doing something that I guess it's technically coming of age," he noted.
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"It was interesting to focus on a slightly different period of [life] where you're in your later 20s and it all starts to suddenly – I'm 27 now – feel a bit more real and you start to feel a bit more like, 'Hang on, is now the time?' because you still feel like you're 18.
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"But it's a very different exploration of that stuff and what's important to you from 18 to nearly 28."
Compared to his role in the After series, Picture This also allowed Fiennes Tiffin to stretch his comedy chops.
"Learning when to lean more into the romance and when to lean more into the comedy was interesting," he reflected. "I haven't done much comedy before and it's just fun on set when you're trying to make people laugh."
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Ahead of the movie's release, Simone Ashley also spoke to Digital Spy about the biggest lesson she took from her first-ever rom-com role.
"I learned more about my comedy and how that feels authentic to me. I also learned a lot from my co-stars around me because everyone was just so thoughtful with their characters and what they brought to them," she said.
Picture This is available to watch now on Prime Video.
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