'My Fault: London': English adaptation of Spanish-language Prime ...

In 2023 the movie Culpa Mia (My Fault), based on the first novel in Mercedes Ron's "The Cupables" book trilogy, was released on Prime Video and became the most-watched non-English language film in the streaming platform's history. Now Culpa Mia has been adapted again, this time for My Fault: London (now on Prime Video).

My Fault: London follows the same story as its Spanish-language counterpart, but the story takes us to the English capital. Noah, played by Asha Banks, is an 18-year-old American who moves to London with her mother, to live with her wealthy stepfather. That's when she meets his son Nick, played by Matthew Broome. But while Noah and Nick start off as enemies, things take a more romantic turn, just as Noah's estranged and dangerous father reappears in her life.

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Following a successful book series and film, and let's not forget the second Spanish-language movie, Culpa Tuya, which had Prime Video's biggest-ever international launch in December 2024, the stars of My Fault: London felt the pressure to live up to the expectations of existing fans.

"I think that it was kind of daunting to come into it," Banks told Yahoo Canada. "We're stepping into big shoes."

"But, I mean, what a blessing to have such a passionate fanbase that already exists, that are intrigued by what we're going to bring to it. So I think it was really important for us to bring a new life to it, and see what we could change and make different."

"There's a little bit of pressure, but I think we had the confidence to know that the result would be very different," Broome added. "If you set it in a different location, and even with simply different actors approaching it, it's always going to be different."

"That helped us stay focused and not think about their version too much, in an unhelpful way. ... To see the two end results and see the similarities, and the differences, it's quite satisfying."

'A priority' for actors feel 'incredibly comfortable' on set

My Fault: London has the sexiness of the Spanish films, from the fast cars to the intimate scenes, but it also has the significant trauma that Noah has to manage. With all those moments included in the story, directors Charlotte Fassler and Dani Girdwood were committed to making sure everyone was comfortable on set in every single scene.

"It was such a priority on our end to make our actors feel incredibly comfortable," Fassler stressed. "And with Asha and Matt, it was their first feature as well, and ... the character of Noah really has to draw into some very dark places. So for us, we really facilitated, as early as possible, these conversations with Asha, this direct line of communication, where we were always available to be able to talk with her."

"I think with Asha knowing that it's always OK if something changes, or you change your mind about something, ... we wanted to have that direct line of communication where we were always there to advocate for her, and her needs and her comfort, and then figure out our way into storytelling with what she felt comfortable with."

Banks highlighted that Fassler and Girdwood made her feel particularly safe on set, whether it was an intimate scene or an emotionally distressing moment Noah goes through in the story.

"[They] made me feel so, so comfortable at every moment," Banks said. "The space was very open for me to be vulnerable and do what had to be done for the character, and for the scenes."

"It was always super open and we were able to be super vocal about everything, and [that] made for a wonderful energy on set."

Jason Flemyng on playing the 'My Fault: London' villain: 'That's a dark place to be'

Much like Culpa Mia, while there are are fight club moments and car races, the story leads to its biggest threat, Noah's estranged father, Travis (Jason Flemyng), who has come to London looking for her after being released from prison.

Jason Flemyng, the famed actor who's worked on films like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kick-Ass and Spice World, to name just a few, has played villains before, but recognized that there was something particularly cruel about his role in My Fault: London.

"I think that villainy has so many different shades and over 160 movies playing villains, I've kind of tested most of those shades, but the shade that is the betrayal and possible murder of your kin is an interesting one," Flemyng said. "So I was really, really up for that, because I could find no empathy and could find no part of my own life that could inform those decisions I was making."

"That was really interesting, because that's a dark place to be, and it comes through addiction and through all sorts of reasons that he gets into that place, but wow, that's something else."

For the other villain in the story, Sam Buchanan's character Ronnie, he's more of a follower, not even that concerned with Noah at all, but really mostly trying to settle a grudge with Nick.

"She's collateral," Buchanan said. "It's all about his kind of vendetta and what he has against Nick, which clearly, when we meet them, has been an ongoing thing."

"For me, there was a lot of playing with that quite toxically masculine trait of not feeling good enough. [Nick's] better looking and he's more successful, he's wealthier, he's got all these things, I've just been in prison. There's that real kind of hatred for that person and Noah, bless her, just gets caught up in the middle of that."

'Really honest, straight up friendship'

But maybe surprisingly for some, a favourite scene from My Fault: London for many cast members and the directors as well is a small moment where Noah has a chat with Jenna, played by Enva Lewis, in Jenna's car. It's the first time Noah is experiencing a moment of friendship since her move to London.

Girdwood described it as creating a space for the "chemistry of friendship to bloom."

"It just feels like, for the first time, [Noah] has a friend," Girdwood said. "She's protected and it's this safe space in this ... wild little pipped out car ... that Jenna has."

"That was quite near the end of the shoot, so we'd already gotten to know each other really, really well," Lewis said in a separate interview. "So doing that felt really passive at the time, and then watching it, both of us said the same thing, that's such a lovely part of the whole film."

"It's really nice, I think, for younger audiences to have that really honest, straight up friendship represented in it."

Banks also highlighted that she believes both actors have similarities to their characters and this scene felt like they were playing a version of themselves, just have a friendly girl chat.

"I think it's really important. It's the first moment in the film, really, where you feel that someone's on Noah's side and they've got her back, and she's finding a friend," Banks said. "It was really touching, I think, being able to film that, and just really nice."