Who Plays Emily in Finding Emily? Turns out, there are multiple Emily’s in the film, read our plot explanation to find out.
Finding Emily is a romantic comedy that tells the story of a lovesick musician who when given the wrong number for his dream girl is determined to find her. When a driven psychology students offers to help her, they team up and spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy at a Manchester university that tests their hearts and ambitions along the way.
The film stars Spike Fearn as Owen (Alien: Romulus) and Angourie Rice as Emily (Spider-Man Homecoming, The Nice Guys). It is directed by Alicia MacDonald in her feature directorial debut, with a script by writer Rachel Hirons (A Guide to Second Date Sex).
It’s a hilarious, and utterly clever romantic comedy that shines with a witty story and standout performances. The script weaves excellent commentary on 21st century social norms, using its university setting to create humour from the innocent missteps of a young man looking for love. We loved the film, and you can read our full review here.
Who Plays Emily?
The answer to who plays Emily is complicated, because there are multiple Emily’s in this film.
The first one is the Emily that Owen meets when dancing at a bar, whom he receives the wrong number for. T
he second Emily is played by Angourie Rice, a psychology student who Owen meets accidentally during his search for the original Emily.
To make matters more confusing, Owen meets more than a dozen different girls named Emily during the film, including some who end up playing a major role. For instance, Emily Weston (played by Julia Rogers) is the university student president and plays a major role in the campus politics of the film.
The reason that so many Emily’s appear in the film is because of a a running joke that occurs due to a plotline in the story. If you want spoilers, keep reading on…
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Why So Many Emily’s (SPOILERS)
At one point in the film, when Owen becomes increasingly desperate to find the real Emily he met at the bar, Angourie Rice’s character reveals to him that she has access to the university database with the emails and names of every girl named Emily at the university. She encourages him to draft an email to all the Emily’s so that the real one can receive it and reply. Owen mistakenly sends it as a group email, revealing the names of all the Emily’s to each other, and this reaches a crescendo when the university podcast picks up the story that Owen has emailed 300+ girls named. The reactions from girls on campus and online brand him a creep for doing so, and accuse it of being a privacy breach. The results is that numerous girls named Emily appear and even gather together at one point in the film.
Who Is the Real Emily? (SPOILERS)
By the end of the film, the real Emily is revealed to actually be a girl named Amelie, hence why Owen has such a difficult time finding her. She reunites with him eventually. We’ll choose to leave the ending as a surprise for you to enjoy it in cinemas.
You can read our full review of Finding Emily here.
Finding Emily is in cinemas from May 22nd.
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