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We finally have our first look at Emily Bader as Poppy Wright in “People We Meet on Vacation”. Harper’s Bazaar unveiled the first promotional stills of the book adaptation as well an interview with Emily, Tom Blyth, writer Emily Henry and director Brett Haley . Check them out:

Emily Bader just might have been destined to portray Poppy Wright.

The 28-year-old actress, who has previously starred in the series My Lady Jane, was spending time with her childhood best friend last year when she was first introduced to the literary world of Emily Henry. Describing the author as popular would be a severe understatement. You can’t walk into a bookstore, cruise through the airport, or scroll through BookTok without coming into contact with her witty romance novels. Their realistic—but also comical—view of modern-day love and dating has built a massive legion of loyal readers—but Bader hadn’t yet joined the club at the time.

“I was about to go on summer vacation and my best friend was grilling me on Emily Henry’s stuff and People We Meet on Vacation and basically yelling at me to get my head out from under the rock,” Bader tells Harper’s Bazaar from her home in Los Angeles. “Cut to a few days later, I’m in Europe and I get this email saying that I have this meeting for this project—titled People We Meet on Vacation—and I’m like, there’s no way this is the same thing we just talked about. So I immediately call her, which I probably wasn’t supposed to do, and I’m like, ‘Is this the thing that you were talking about?’”

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Emily Bader and Tom Blyth were photographed last Tuesday, September 24, while shooting ‘People We Meet on Vacation’ in Lloret de Mar, Spain. Check all the photos in our gallery:

DEADLINE (08.02.2024) — Tom Blyth and Emily Bader are set to star in 3000 Pictures and Netflix’s adaptation of People We Meet On Vacation. The film will be based on Emily Henry’s New York Times best-seller and is the first book adaptation by best-selling author Emily Henry to go into production. Brett Haley is directing.

Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner are producing. Temple Hill’s Laura Quicksilver is serving as Executive Producer. Erin Siminoff is overseeing the project for the studio. The film is being produced under the partnership where Sony Pictures will offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make for streaming.

The film follows free-spirited Poppy and routine-loving Alex who have been unlikely best friends for a decade, living in different cities but spending every summer vacation together. The careful balance of their friendship is put to the test when they begin to question what has been obvious to everyone else — could they actually be the perfect romantic match?

The novel was published in 2021 by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The novel debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and spent more than one year on the list. It has sold more than 2 million copies in the U.S, making it Henry’s highest selling book. The book also won the Goodreads Choice Award for Romance and was listed as one of the best books of 2021 by Kirkus Reviews. Henry is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Funny Story, Happy Place, Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation and Beach Read. Five of Emily’s books have been optioned for on-screen adaptations.

The film is being produced under the partnership which Sony Pictures will offer Netflix a first look at any films it intends to make for streaming.

(…) Bader can currently be seen as the titular character of Amazon Prime Video’s breakout satirical comedy fantasy series My Lady Jane. The series, based on the 2016 YA historical fiction novels and created and co-show run by Gemma Burgess. She can also be seen in theaters starring in the independent feature Fresh Kills, opposite Jennifer Esposito, Odessa A’zion and Annabella Sciorra

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