In her preparation for the character Penelope, Anne Hathaway draws heavily from her almost fourteen years of marriage to Adam Shulman, revealing how their relationship shapes her acting. At the film premiere, she also touched upon her pregnancy with their third child. Hathaway and Shulman met in 2008, and she quickly recognized him as her soulmate, a sentiment echoed by her co-star Matt Damon regarding marital inspiration.
