‘Reminders Of Him’ Director Vanessa Caswill Breaks Down Challenging Scenes In Latest Colleen Hoover Adaptation From “High” Stakes For Tyriq Withers To Maika Monroe’s “Balance” As Kenna

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for the entirety of Reminders of Him, now in theaters.

For director Vanessa Caswill (Love at First Sight), one of the final scenes in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling book was the most important to nail — the reunion of sorts between Maika Monroe‘s Kenna Rowan and her daughter, Diem (Zoe Kosovic).

The latest of Hoover’s best-selling novels to hit the big screen does hinge on this moment because it follows Kenna, fresh out of prison for her involvement in the car crash that killed her former boyfriend and Diem’s father Scotty Landry (Rudy Pankow), fighting tooth and nail to get back to her daughter, whom she gave birth to while serving time.

“If we didn’t land that, the film doesn’t work. I think the tricky part of that scene was really knowing that we have a four-year-old child

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