Aaron Eckhart
Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart return to the big screen next week with romance movie Love Happens.
About a widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.
- Dr. Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart)
His wife died three years earlier, and it took everything he had to deal with that pain and loss. Now he’s helping other people to deal with their pain.
He is on the precipice of a major multimedia deal, but the therapist who asks his patients to openly confront their pain is secretly unable to take his own advice.
- Elose Chandler (Jennifer Aniston)
Eloise is a free-spirited florist who sets in motion a profound change for Burke just as he helps her to move on.
She writes on walls, pretends to be deaf, is quirky and eccentric, and has this girl-next-door quality about her.
Has sworn off men and decided to focus on her floral business. However, when she meets Burke at the hotel where he’s speaking, there is an instant attraction.
Eloise is drawn to Burke due to her own dysfunction; her father abandoned Eloise and her mother when Eloise was very young. In many ways, she emulates Burke’s character.
She has to go through this journey with him to come to the realisation there is somebody good and positive in her life.
- Lane (Dan Fogler)
Lane is Burke’s literary manager and has whose megastar ambitions for Burke (and himself) entail a major corporate deal with a TV show.
But Lane has got a heart to him. This is a guy who’s Burke’s friend; they’ve done this together, and he obviously wants to be successful. But most importantly, he wants his friend to be happy.
- Marty (Judy Greer)
Marty is Eloise’s wild co-worker who chastises her about her love life. Marty thinks (correctly) that Eloise has a pattern of choosing unavailable men.
At first Marty is not a big fan of the Burke-Eloise relationship. She has her own issues, because she was pretty badly hurt in a relationship and has turned into a militant feminist.
Marty feels like Eloise’s mum a nurturer and a caregiver. She says it like it is, and tries to shake Eloise out of her reverie.
- Burke's Father-in-Law (Martin Sheen)
Burke’s father-in-law, who becomes the catalyst to force Burke to confront what he’s been running away from for the past three years.
Love Happens is released 9th October
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