Roberts stars alongside Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, and Susan Sarandon in the new film. <\/p>
When it comes to rom-com stars, they don\u2019t come much bigger than Julia Roberts \u2013 and so perhaps it\u2019s no surprise that the Notting Hill star served as inspiration for her niece Emma\u2019s performance in new film Maybe I Do.<\/p>\n
Emma Roberts leads the star-studded cast of the film \u2013 which has just arrived on Amazon Prime Video \u2013 alongside Hollywood heavyweights including Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, and Susan Sarandon.<\/p>\n
And although she says she was able to relate to her character Michelle on a personal level, she also revealed that rewatching some of her favourite rom-coms helped inform her performance.<\/p>
\u201cMichelle to me more than anything\u2026 like I just felt like I related to her in some ways,\u201d she said during an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>. \u201cI felt like a lot of my friends inspired me for the role.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I mean, I rewatch old romantic comedies all the time \u2013 like I love anything my aunt\u2019s done, I love Cameron Diaz. Like My Best Friend\u2019s wedding, actually, the movie they did together, is like one of my all-time favourites. I watch that movie all the time!\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking about why the film appealed to her, Robert explained that she \u201cloved every second\u201d of writer\/director Michael Jacobs\u2019 script when she first got her hands on it.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I got teary-eyed, I laughed, I cringed, I just really saw myself and people I know in these characters,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I liked that it\u2019s kind of this fresh twist on an old-school kind of romantic comedy idea.<\/p>\n \u201c[And] the cast, when I was reading it, to have in your head like Diane Keaton and Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon \u2013 like it\u2019s a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n