How Every Day Will Change Your View Of Love, According To Its Cast

I've mentioned it once and I'll mention it again: Every Day will change your view of love. Although don't just take my word for it; stars Angourie Rice, Debby Ryan, and Owen Teague think so, also.


Based on the novel by David Levithan, Every Day tells the story of 16-year-old Rhiannon (Rice), who appears to know exactly who she wants and what she wants, until she meets A, a genderless, race-less, and body-less soul who temporarily occupies bodies and lives day-to-day on behalf of the rightful owner of that body — that is, up until A meets Rhiannon, and realizes they hope to live sometimes for themself, and Rhiannon finds that despite A's appearance (or lack thereof), she wants that as well.


"At the starting of the film, [Rhiannon's] idea of love is being in love with a 'type'," Rice told MTV News of her character's favorite for tall, slim, broad-shouldered guys. Yet at the end of the film, she learns that there really is no such thing as having a type."


Rice explained further, "Love is going to be experienced so several different ways by so several different people and that’s what makes it so special and unique, and that doesn’t necessarily have to be classified by a kind of person."


Ryan, who plays Rhiannon's cool older sister Jolene, described it as preferring a "type of love" rather than a kind of person. "I, for sure, know that in the past eight years since I’ve been dating, I’ve more been attracted to a kind of love, which is something that makes me feel free and something that makes me feel peaceful and secure. That order kind of thing, it transcends the different people and races and genders and 'types' that are of a more established sense."


Teague — who portrays one iteration of A and also Rhiannon's classmate, Alexander — added, "I certainly visualize love as a much more group kind of free, open thing right now. It’s not confined to gender, [or] whichever it is."


Immediately after shattering your idea of type, the movie will open your mind to new ways of labeling yourself and others.


"A huge piece of my identity is being a woman, and that’s really key for me and that’s a big piece of my self-expression, so I think it’s really interesting order kind of exploring what it means if someone doesn’t have that," Rice mentioned. "And if someone doesn’t have a gender or a sexual orientation or a race or a physical identity, what does that mean?"


Acknowledging that the way a person curates his/her/their appearance is key, and Ryan mentioned the film left her with a deeper appreciation for "seeing people where they’re at and looking past whichever people present with."


"It’s about being seen along with being heard, and I think in case you meet someone who is very different and you also don’t understand who they are or how they hope to be seen, it’s critical to listen," Rice added. "It’s essential to listen to other people’s experiences and understand where they’re coming from and who they are and where they’re at in their life."


Put simply, Teague mentioned it's all about empathy. "It’s just a film about loving people for their soul and really who they are as a human being and not having boundaries with that, which is a pretty message and one that we need to listen to — especially right now."


Every Day is now in theaters now.