Vanessa Caswill has directed the upcoming American romance movie ‘Love at First Sight’ which is adapted from Jennifer E. Smith’s novel 2011- ‘The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight’.
The plot revolves around a young man and woman Hadley and Oliver who fall in love on a flight from New York to London before losing each other at customs.
When Is ‘Love at First Sight’ Releasing?
Caswell was set to direct the movie in November 2020. That time Richardson was also cast as the female lead and announced as an executive producer.
Other characters including Hardy joined the cast in January of 2021. Principal photography began that month only. At first, the title of the film was set as “The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight” which was shortened to “Love at First Sight” after Netflix bought worldwide rights to the film in April of 2022. The movie is set to premiere on September 15, 2023.
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Cast Members of ‘Love at First Sight:
Haley Lu Richardson-
In the role of the female lead Hadley Sullivan, we will see American actress Haley Lu Richardson in the upcoming movie. Her feature film debut was through the 2014 American post-apocalyptic movie ‘The Last Survivors’ in which she played the role of Kendal.
The same year she also played Leslie Mallard in the romantic comedy movie ‘The Young Kieslowski’. Then in 2015, Richardson was cast in the role of Maggie Townsend in the American sports comedy-drama movie ‘The Bronze’.
The next year she played Krista in the coming-of-age comedy-drama movie ‘The Edge of Seventeen and Claire Benoit in the psychological thriller movie ‘Split’. In the 2017 drama film ‘Columbus’ she starred as Casey.
In 2018 Richardson was cast in three films- Louise Brooks in the period drama film ‘The Chaperone’, Sylvia Hermann in the historical drama thriller movie ‘Operation Finale’, and Maci in the comedy movie ‘Support the Girls’.
Portraying Stella Grant, Richardson was cast in the lead role in the romantic drama film ‘Five Feet Apart‘ in 2019.
The next year she was cast in another lead role of Veronica Clarke in the female buddy road comedy-drama movie ‘Unpregnant’. As Ada, Richardson starred in the sci-fi drama film ‘After Yang‘ in 2021. The same year she also played Erin in the drama film ‘Montana Story’.
Ben Hardy-
English actor Ben Hardy has been cast in the role of the male lead Oliver in the upcoming movie. Hardy was cast in the role of Warren Worthington III / Archangel in the 2016 superhero film ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’.
The next year he played John William Polidori in the romantic period drama film ‘Mary Shelley’ and Wade Parker in the biographical drama film ‘Only the Brave’.
In 2018 Hardy starred as Roger Taylor in the biographical musical drama film ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. The next year he also played “Four” in the vigilante action thriller movie ‘6 Underground’.
Hardy was cast in 2020 as Frank in the British comedy thriller movie ‘Pixie’ and in 2021 as Seb in the American erotic thriller movie ‘The Voyeurs‘.
Dexter Fletcher-
In the role of Val we will see English actor and film director Dexter Fletcher in the upcoming movie.
Fletcher’s previous film credits include ‘The Bounty’, ‘Revolution’, ‘Caravaggio’, ‘Didn’t You Kill My Brother?’, ‘The Raggedy Rawney’, ‘The Rachel Papers’, ‘Twisted Obsession’, ‘Jude’, ‘The Man Who Knew Too Little’, ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’, ‘Topsy-Turvy’, ‘Tube Tales’, ‘The Patriot’, ‘Below’, ‘Stander’, ‘Layer Cake’, ‘Doom’, ‘Tristan & Isolde’, ‘Stardust’, ‘Autumn’, ‘Kick-Ass’, ‘Amaya’, ‘Dead Cert’, ‘Jack Falls’, ‘Fedz’, ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘Wild Bill’, ‘St George’s Day’, ‘Terminal’, ‘Ghosted’ etc.
Sally Phillips-
English actress, television presenter, and comedian Sally Phillips will star as Tessa Jones in the upcoming movie. In 2001 Phillips starred as Karen in the erotic comedy thriller movie ‘Birthday Girl’, Tracey in the British sports comedy movie ‘Mean Machine’, and Sharon “Shazza” in the romantic comedy movie ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’.
Phillips reprised the role of “Shazza” in the later’s sequels in 2004 in ‘Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and in 2016 in ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’.
In 2004 she was also cast as Worthaboutapig in the British comedy movie ‘Gladiatress’. In 2006 she starred as Holly in the Australian comedy movie ‘BoyTown’. As Emma, she was cast in the 2011 British romantic comedy movie ‘The Decoy Bride’ while also serving as a writer for the film.
As Colette, Phillips was cast in the 2015 British sci-fi fantasy comedy-drama movie ‘Set the Thames on Fire’.
The next year she starred as Mrs. Bennet and The Suited Woman in the action comedy horror movie ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and in the horror film ‘The Rizen’.
In the role of Amy, Phillips was cast in the British romantic comedy movie ‘You, Me and Him’ in 2017.
The next year she starred as Miriam in the British Christmas film ‘Surviving Christmas with the Relatives’ and the year after that as Mrs. Anderson in the British comedy-drama film ‘Blinded by the Light‘. In the 2021 comedy-drama movie ‘Off the Rails’, Phillips was cast as Liz.
Tom Taylor-
English actor Tom Taylor is another cast member of the upcoming movie who will play the role of Luther Jones. He is known for his portrayal of Jake Chambers in the science fiction Western action movie ‘The Dark Tower‘ in 2017.
Other than them, American actor comedian activist and writer Rob Delaney will also be cast in an undisclosed role in the upcoming movie with British actress, tv host, podcaster, and activist serving as narrator.
