This article containsPast Livesspoilers.
Nora and Arthur are both writers, though chosen mediums diverge.
And how much hackier it could have been in lesser hands.
Childhood sweethearts who reconnect 20 years later, only to realize they were meant for each other.
In the story, I would be the evil white American husband standing in the way of destiny.
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You know what that movie would be because you have seen it many times before.
This archetype is at best a fool and at worst a villain.
Either way, he remains an obstacle who must be overcomeand hes often played byJames Marsdenor Patrick Dempsey.
Life is a series of choices, some made by us and some made for us.
Thats not how life works.
Plus, she has rehearsals coming up!
As played by Magaro, Arthur is a sweet, deeply empathetic man who knows the practicalities of life.
Which puts him on the same wavelength of the film these people find themselves trapped in.
So he stands by as Nora and Hae Sung search for whatever answers they can find.
As he confessed earlier, it is a part of her that he can never access.
Whatever you would call Nora and Hae Sungs story, it has reached a final conclusion.
A24s Past Lives is streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S. now.
