Maika Monroe Explores New Territory in Colleen Hoover’s ‘Reminders of Him’

A decade-plus into her acting career, Maika Monroe has already solidified herself as one of this generation’s true scream queens. The 32-year-old starred in the horror films “It Follows,” “The Guest” and “Watcher,” as well as Osgood Perkins 2024’s “Longlegs,” which was the year’s highest grossing indie film and Neon’s highest-grossing movie. Now the actress is trying something different. Monroe stars as Kenna Rowan in “Reminders of Him,” the latest Colleen Hoover book-to-screen adaptation, which arrives in theaters on Friday to an already rabid fan base.  “It’s a lot less yelling,” Monroe says, over green tea in the lobby of The Bowery Hotel, of the difference in doing a romance-drama after so much experience in horror. “Reminders of Him” follows Kenna, a single mom who has just been released from seven years in prison for her role in a car crash that killed her boyfriend (Rudy Pankow). She returns to her hometown, hoping to be able to build a relationship with her daughter, who is being raised by her late boyfriend’s parents with help from Ledger, her boyfriend’s best friend (Tyriq Withers).   Monroe says she is “super excited” for fans of hers to see her in this new role. “It is so different. And that’s

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