The Idea of You author Robinne Lee regrets revealing Harry Styles as inspiration: 'It's unfortunate'
'The Idea of You' author Robinne Lee wishes she never revealed Harry Styles as her inspiration for fictional pop star Hayes Campbell. 'It's unfortunate,' she tells Entertainment Weekly. https://t.co/j13qH7m1jy
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) May 3, 2024
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Robinne Lee does not consider her book to be 1D fanfiction
"I don't consider it fan fiction at all. Harry was one of multiple people who went into creating Hayes Campbell - he was the only one in a British boy band that was current at the time, I guess, and so that's what people have latched onto. It's unfortunate because it's being used as clickbait, and when I'm writing for Hayes, I'm not picturing Harry Styles."
"He [Hayes Campbell]'s very much like JFK Jr. when he was dating Daryl Hannah, and they were hanging out in the Hamptons - that was definitely the Hamptons Hayes. And then there's some Michael Hutchence sexiness when he was dating Helena Christensen. And I was obsessed with Duran Duran when I was young, so there's a lot of Simon, and there's a lot of John, and there's a lot of actual Duran Duran Easter eggs throughout the entire book."
move is out on Prime, anyone seen it?