You might not agree with her answer.
he actress—who played aspiring journalist Andy Sachs in the 2006 movie—rejected a popular fan opinion about who the film's real villain is.?" a fan asked Hathaway during the show, referring to Andy's on-screen boyfriend, who was played by Adrian Grenier."Well, Andy’s answered for me," Hathaway joked, before adding, "No. I’m sorry I don’t. I think that they were both very young and figuring things out.
Though the film makes a point to paint Miranda as a villain, fans have taken it upon themselves to flip the script—condemning Nate as a selfish person uninterested in supporting the evolving career of his girlfriend."He did behave like a brat, but I also behaved like a brat in my 20s and I hopefully grew out of it," she explained. "I think that that’s what we all do. And I wouldn’t want to be defined by my worst moment in my 20s certainly.
last year, the actor noted, "I didn't see some of the subtleties and the nuance of this character and what it represented in the film until the wisdom of the masses came online and started to push against the character and throw him under the bus, and I got flak." He recalled a scene in the movie in which Nate was frustrated with Andy, who missed his birthday celebration due to work obligations. "At the end of the day, it's just a birthday, right? It's not the end of the world," Grenier said. "I might've been as immature as him at the time, so I personally couldn't see his shortcomings. But after time to reflect and much deliberation, I've come to realize the truth in that perspective.