Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan Discuss THE LAST FIVE YEARS Roles & More

By: Sep. 12, 2014
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One of the most anticipated films at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, was THE LAST FIVE YEARS, Richard LaGravenese's big screen adaptation of the 2002 Off-Broadway musical by Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown. Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan star. The film had its world premiere at the TIFF on Sunday, September 7th at 8:30PM at the Ryerson Theater.

In an exclusive New York Times interview, Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan discuss their roles, and their songs, in the highly anticipated film. Watch the interview here!

THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a musical chronicling a love affair and marriage taking place over a five year period. Jamie Wellerstein (Jordan) is a young, talented up and coming novelist who falls in love with Cathy Hiatt (Kendrick), a struggling actress.

Their story is told almost entirely through song. All of Cathy's songs begin at the end of their marriage and move BACKWARDS in time to the beginning of their love affair, while Jamie's songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their marriage. They meet in the center when Jamie proposes.


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