Verity: Anne Hathaway Is Team Letter

Spoiler warning: This discusses the ending of Verity.

Anne Hathaway has made her choice.

The actress, who plays Verity Crawford in the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel, tells The Hollywood Reporter she is team letter. That means she believes the letter Lowen finds at the end, in which Verity claims the manuscript was fiction, is the truth.

Hathaway says the manuscript never felt like the real Verity. "She's a terrified woman being very, very careful," she says.

Why she picked the letter

In the film, Verity is a bestselling author left incapacitated after an accident. Lowen Ashleigh, played by Dakota Johnson, is hired to finish Verity's book series. While working in the Crawford home, Lowen finds a manuscript that reads like an apparent confession. The movie leaves it unclear which version of Verity is real.

Hathaway points to what the manuscript itself says about Verity's writing. Lowen describes the book as not very good and mostly about sex. Hathaway argues a truly evil Verity would have written a more compelling version of herself.

She's a terrified woman being very, very careful.

She also does not trust the other characters. "I don't trust Lowen," she says. "I definitely don't trust Jeremy. He goes from zero to crazy angry, real fast." Josh Hartnett plays Jeremy, Verity's husband.

Hoover's shifting take

In a separate interview with THR, Hoover says her own read of the ending has changed. She wrote the book from Lowen's perspective and was "just as confused" as Lowen. After watching the film, she has "gained a whole new perspective" and still doesn't know the truth.

Director Michael Showalter is also staying neutral. He says every actor has their own version of what they believe is true, and he wanted to honor all of them. "So I'm agnostic," he says.

Box office

Verity hit theaters Friday and took the top spot on the domestic box office chart, earning $32.6 million from 3,510 North American locations, THR reports. The film's budget was $40 million.

• Anne Hathaway
• Colleen Hoover
• Dakota Johnson
• Josh Hartnett
• Michael Showalter
• Verity