The Trouble with Love in the Movies

The Trouble with Love in the Movies is a painfully honest account of labouring in the fields of film production, of loving and losing, living and learning. Through six movies, across three continents, in clashes on and off the set: It’s a romance.

From the fraught filming of Troy with Brad Pitt, to the prescient politics of Syriana with George Clooney, to the complexity of marketing the genocide film Hotel Rwanda and the Leonardo DiCaprio epic Blood Diamond, Hollywood publicist Rob Harris chronicles the drama and comedy behind the scenes that eclipse those in front of the camera. It’s the story of a failed marriage, two teenage boys, and a pinball affair with a free-spirited journalist. Tales of the famous, Meryl Streep, Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, overlap with behind-the-scenes stars whose names don’t appear until the end credits.

The Trouble with Love in the Movies is the same as the trouble with love the world over: can two people running in different directions find a common path? How do you connect with a moving target? Is there such a thing as happy ever after The End?”

Brian Cox, star of HBO’s Succession — ‘a page turner! I couldn’t put it down’.

Stephen Pizzello — ‘a true insider’s glimpse into the “business they call show”’

A. Kitman Ho, the producer of films including Born on the Fourth of July — ‘an intriguing story of love, travel and movie making… fast-paced, insightful and a rewarding read’.

Andrew Eaton, producer of The Crown — ‘I devoured this book voraciously and joyously’.

Jayne-Ann Tenggren, the BAFTA-award-winning producer of 1917 —  ‘this book made me smile, laugh, reflect, consider and cry’.