Emily Bader On ‘People We Meet On Vacation’ Sex Scenes & Book Changes

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When Emily Bader was cast in People We Meet on Vacation — the movie adaptation of Emily Henry’s beloved 2021 romance novel — she immediately felt the pressure. “With how much this book matters to people, it's a big responsibility,” the 29-year-old actor says. “There was a bit of fear, but an excited kind.”

Though she strove to keep much of travel writer Poppy Wright’s energy as true to the page as possible, the Netflix movie makes some big changes to the story. Most notably, one of the main vacation destinations is Barcelona instead of Palm Springs, which Bader calls out as her favorite alteration in the movie.

“It adds an extra level of dimension to the whole story, because then we really are all over the world. And it's also a very sexy place,” Bader says. “The energy was really cool and great.”