Amazon Prime’s ‘Cruel Intentions’ style forbidden romance is storming the globe

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Amazon Prime’s chart-topping Spanish hit, My Fault, is getting a London remake to tell Nick and Noah’s unconventional love story.

Despite scepticism from some quarters at such a speedy remake of the BookTok sensation by Mercedes Ron, co-directors Charlotte Fassler and Dani Girdwood reiterated that this will be a fresh experience for fans, new and old. 

‘We don’t always get to see London in this way, the more modern, contemporary, edgy side with these types of characters.

‘And I think it adds a totally different flavour to the film that fans will be surprised by who maybe think it’s just a replica of what they’ve seen before,’ co-director Charlotte tells Metro.

Culpa Mia and its sequel Culpa Tuya have smashed Prime records for non-English language movies, and Dani is hoping to ‘ride the wave’ of the franchise’s ‘massive global success’.

And star Enva Lewis, who plays Nick’s friend Jenna, spoke about the camaraderie they had with the Spanish cast. 

‘Now it’s become a lovely thing where we all support each other. The Spanish team are behind us, and we’re behind them. So it’s a really nice thing that we’re all together,’ she said.

Asha Banks and Matthew Broome star as enemies-turned-lover step-siblings Nick and Noah (Picture: MGM/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)

My Fault: London follows American high school graduate Noah (Asha Banks) who moves into her stepfather’s home in London with her mother, and promptly butts heads with her new stepbrother, Noah (Matthew Broome).

But their initial ‘mutual loathing’ soon turns into a spark for deeper feelings as Noah is introduced to Nick’s underground life of backstreet fighting and car-racing – as well as his recently released from prison nemesis Ronnie (Sam Buchanan).

But Noah is not the only one with problems, as Noah shows off her own skill behind the wheel we find out she and her mum are escaping their past after her dad Travis (played by Jason Flemyng) was jailed for abuse after falling into the world of drugs. 

Bonding over their trauma, there are plenty of thrilling twists to this story, that has Noah and Nick love for one another at its heart.

‘One of the things that we were so drawn into that I think the fans are also so drawn into, especially on those corners of the internet, is the magnetic chemistry between Nick and Noah.

‘So that was always ringing in the back of our heads,’ Charlotte shared about the priorities they had going into this remake. 

And Asha shared that the lead characters’ strange dynamic is part of the appeal of the story. 

The co-directors Charlotte Fassler and Dani Girdwood hope there’s something new for all fans (Picture: Jeff Spicer/WireImage)

‘Nick and Noah truly are meeting each other for the first time when they meet in the film so they are just complete strangers to each other when they have this spark,’ she explained.

‘But then obviously the situation is rather confusing so it was nice to be honest… and to figure out that tension and energy between them.

‘The book came from a Wattpad story. Hence why this forbidden love trope is what the characters have. Wattpad delves into all of those sorts of stories and things that people were interested in, but aren’t represented as much in mainstream media. 

‘It was fun to expand on what’s realistic or not, because it’s a peculiar situation. But it’s been portrayed before in Cool Intentions and Clueless. It’s entertaining.’

And co-star Kerim Hassan, who plays friend Lion, echoed the sentiment, adding: ‘I guess, the nature of the word forbidden is that as humans we’re like: “what’s behind the door?”. It’s just a natural curiosity.’

The film has plenty of heart-pounding confrontations, especially between Ronnie and Nick, which led to rough says on sets that smelled like ‘petrol’ and had an electric atmosphere. 

There’s plenty of steamy chemistry between the lead stars (Picture: MGM/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)

‘Especially the fight scenes between me and Sam all day, having to fight in this arena full of people screaming and shouting. It was definitely intense. It felt very real to some degree. And it was a long day. It was a night shoot as well, so it was like 3am,’ Nick recalled. 

And Sam agreed: ‘We had some great stunt coordinators on that, choreographing all our fights for us. It’s me and Matt doing 95% of it. They’re super fun and electric and knackering… for both of us.’

The veteran actor of the team is Jason, best known for films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. In My Fault: London he plays a criminal father who derails his daughter’s life, coming on board after getting a call from movie producer, and longtime collaborator Ben Pughs. 

‘I’m not very nomadic, so to work with the same people for 30 years is a lovely feeling. So that’s why I got involved,’ he explained. 

‘That’s been the line of my career as playing [these kinds of] parts, and I loved every second of it. You don’t make a film and put it under the bed. You want people to see it.

‘So to work for a big streaming company that will gain a huge audience is really satisfying and exciting,’ he added.

Jason Flemyng and Sam Buchanan play the movie’s antagonists (Picture: Jeff Spicer/WireImage)

In tandem with his career,personal interest has driven Jason to work with Brixton Prison and Wandsworth Prison for over 30 years, including training inmates to be listeners for the Samaritans and helping run a prisoners’ radio station at Wandsworth.

His long-running connection with those in prison, expanded upon in his podcast More Than My Past, has given him a unique perspective on his character. 

The 58-year-old actor reflected: ‘We all feel very, very far away from prison, but a couple of bad mistakes and you’re very close to ending up in that situation. Good, wonderful, funny, smart people do bad things and I think [Travis’s] story is that exactly.’

As for why Prime is already putting out a remake of the novel, just two months after the Spanish sequel, he happily sheds some light. 

‘The original film is a template, you know, and this is our version. Just like you get 1000 different versions of Hamlet, it’s exciting to do it again.

‘That’s why 160 films I’ve made, half of them are probably remade. That’s because there’s the continuing involvement of a story. And great scripts are great scripts. Great stories are great stories. That’s why they keep making them.’

My Fault: London is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

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