Emily Henry on People We Meet on Vacation Book-to-Movie Changes

Emily Henry’s creative vision didn’t pack its bags when it came to the People We Meet on Vacation film. 

Indeed, the beloved romantic comedy author assured that the Netflix adaptation starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, now streaming, is exactly what she had in mind while writing the novel. 

“I’m so thrilled where it wound up,” Henry told E! News in an exclusive joint interview with the film’s director Brett Haley. “I couldn’t name a specific thing that was killed off, but it’s so unimportant to me at this point.”

Indeed, the 34-year-old—who has also penned soon-to-be adaptations like Book Lovers and Beach Read—noted that she created a list early on of what she thought must be included in the film for not only herself, but for fans. 

“The thing that I did fight for was that I really wanted the pregnancy scare,” she explained of the emotional moment during the Tuscany vacation in the film. To Henry, it was more important than Alex and Poppy’s trip to Croatia, which was ultimately cut. “In the book, they talk about what happened in Croatia a lot and you get to Croatia and you’re like, ‘What happened? Can’t we work this out?’”