Chapter 25
Animosity, Feuds, and War
At least one of them hates the other.
In the classic Shakespearean romcom Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedick loathe each other. Until, as a joke, their friends start telling them that the other secretly loves them. Even though it’s a lie and a prank, this idea begins to work into B&B’s consciousness causing them to rethink each other and eventually fall in love. This play was adapted into a film in 1993 by Kenneth Branagh who co-starred with his then-wife Emma Thompson.
The two divorced single parents in One Fine Day (mentioned under Cute Meets) played by George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer hate each other from the first minute. He forgot to make the phone tree call at the nursery school so both ...
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