The fantastic comedy “Boyfriend from the Future”, directed by Richard Curtis, was released in September 2013. The film was praised by critics and the viewer, and its box office amounted to about eighty million dollars. This is another film about a time traveler in which actress Rachel McAdams played. Actors Donal Gleeson and Bill Nyei also played leading roles in the comedy “Boyfriend from the Future”.
Briefly about the film
On New Year's Eve, the protagonist Tim Lake learns from his father that all men in their family have an amazing ability to move in time. However, only in the interval of his life. The distant past and future are inaccessible. Needless to say, Tim took advantage of the opportunities. Having met the girl of his dreams, he tries to win her heart by resorting to temporary movements. Such actions change his life and lead to a series of funny situations shown in the film “Boyfriend from the Future”. The actors involved in the film masterfully performed both comedic and dramatic scenes of the painting. Therefore, the viewer remains pleasant emotions after watching.
Donal Gleason
The main male role of the time traveler Tim Lake went to the young Irish actor Donal Gleeson. His hero is a simple red-haired guy who is not very lucky with girls. He speaks and does awkwardly. And suddenly at the age of 21 she learns that she has the opportunity to return in time, correct her mistakes and change the future. The actor with fiery hair, who played Tim, is familiar to the viewer by the role of Bill Weasley in one of the films of the famous franchise about the wizard Harry Potter. Gleason also played the General of the First Order of Hux in the 7th episode of the Star Wars movie saga. In the acclaimed film "Survivor," he portrayed trapper Andrew Henry.
Rachel Ann McAdams
In the film “Boyfriend from the Future,” the actors and characters they play encounter problems associated with time travel. For the Canadian film actress Rachel Ann McAdams, who played Mary, the girl and then the protagonist’s wife, this is not the first experience with a similar plot. In 2009, she played the main female role in the fantastic drama “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” Eric Bana became her partner on the set. McAdams fell in love with the audience in the 2004 melodrama "The Diaries of Memory", where she also played a leading role. In a new role, she appeared before the public in the Guy Ritchie film "Sherlock Holmes". Her character - Irene Adler - is very different from previously recreated heroines. To the viewer's favorite image of a simple and immediate girl, she again returned in the film “Boyfriend from the Future”. Actors who played other leading roles helped create an atmosphere that the viewer likes so much in films featuring Rachel Ann McAdams.
Bill nyei
The role of father Tim Lake was played by the English actor William Francis Nyei. It was his character who revealed to Tim a secret about the possibilities of the men of the Lake family. However, the father's warnings were not heard by the protagonist. The most touching and dramatic moments of the film “Boyfriend from the Future” are also associated with the character of Bill Nyei. Actors and the roles performed by them in the film give the viewer the opportunity to laugh at the casual situations present in the lives of many people. The protagonist of Bill Nyei also makes you think about the eternal question of the meaning of life. The famous work of the actor is the role of Davy Jones in the films “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End”. As well as the role of Supreme Vampire Victor in the popular franchise "Another World".
Actors of the film “Boyfriend from the Future”
In the role of the blonde beauty Charlotte, Australian actress Margot Robbie starred. Her heroine was the first love of Tim Lake. In order to win the heart of the impregnable Charlotte, the protagonist several times returned to the past and fell into a mass of comical situations. This actress is well known to the viewer for the leading female role of the fatal beauty Naomi in the film “The Wolf of Wall Street”. Her partner in the filming process was Leonardo DiCaprio, who played the main male role. In the 2016 sci-fi movie Suicide Squad, which tells of superheroes, she played the character of Dr. Harley Quinn.
A minor but important hero in the film is Harry, a friend of Tim. After all, it is precisely because of the desire to help him that the main character finds himself in a situation of a temporary paradox. Having met the girl of his dreams, Tim realizes that there is no need to endlessly return to the past in order to please her. She accepts him for who he is. The guy is happy, but it turns out that Harry needs help, and for this it is necessary to return to the past. Tim returns and makes a difference for Harry, but he loses Mary. From this moment Tim’s misadventures begin. The role of Harry was played by the English actor Tom Hollander. He could be remembered by our viewers in the films Mission Impossible: The Outcast Tribe, where he played the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Operation Valkyrie as Colonel Heinz Brandt.
In conclusion, it should be added that the film is positive and really uplifting. Therefore, those who have not yet seen the film should spend their time watching. Moreover, the characters and actors of “Boyfriend from the Future” are worthy of attention.