Lainey Wilson Says She Wasn’t Nervous At All To Act In First Feature Film: “Probably My Mama’s Prayers”

Headed to the big screen.

It was announced last month that country star Lainey Wilson would be part of the cast of the Universal adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s hit novel Reminders of Him. She joins the cast of Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Lauren Graham, Bradley Whitford, and Nicholas Duvernay for her feature film debut.

Reminders of Him became a best-selling novel for Colleen Hoover, published in 2022 and selling over 6.5 million copies. The story follows Kenna Rowan (Monroe), who returns to her hometown after serving five years in prison for a mistake she made. Rowan knows that she will have to make amends with many people to earn their forgiveness for her past, and the story follows her as she mends those relationships and hopes to reconnect with her daughter. Variety notes that the film is described as a “transformative feature film about motherhood, forgiveness and the power of one love to heal even the most shattered heart.”

Vanessa Caswill is set to direct Reminders of Him, and Hoover wrote the screenplay with Lauren Levine. Hoover and Levine are also producing the film through their production company, Heartbones Entertainment. Gina Matthews is producing through her Little Engine Productions, and Robin Fisichella is executive producing. Christine Sun has been named director of production development, overseeing the project.

Of course, Lainey is no stranger to acting at this point, as she had a pretty big role in the hit Taylor Sheridan show Yellowstone, and her character, Abby, was also a musician, and the role was created specifically for her, so it was a great way for her to dip her toes in the acting world, so to speak.

This movie promises to be a huge box office hit as Hoover books are extremely popular right now, and had it not been for all the drama between It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, I think it would’ve been even bigger, but I digress…

During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Lainey said that she already filmed her part, and she’s excited to branch out into a very different type of role:

“We did, we already did. I’m done with my part. This is the first role that I’ve got to do where I wasn’t a musician. It was so much fun. After I did ‘Yellowstone,’ I was like alright, what’s next? And for me the next thing was playing a role that was not a musician.”

When asked if she was nervous about it, seeing as this is a huge, major motion picture, Lainey admitted that, surprisingly, she wasn’t nervous at all. She added that it was “probably [her] mama’s prayers” that helped calm her nerves, and she went into the project with a new sense of confidence this time around:

“You know what, I was not really that nervous, which is really surprising. It’s probably my mamas prayers. But I felt like, alright, you know, they called me about the opportunity and trusted me with this so I guess it’s time for me to trust myself too.”

I just love her… and I’m sure she’s amazing in her role, so I’m excited to see this movie when it comes out, even though I’ve never read any of Hoover’s books and don’t really know anything about Reminders Of Him. If Lainey gives it her stamp of approval, I’m in.

You can watch the interview here:

The movie is currently set to hit theaters on February 13th, 2026, though Lainey will remain very busy for the rest of this year, as she is currently out on the road for her extensive Whirlwind tour.

LAINEY WILSON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES:

June 6—Myrtle Beach, SC—Carolina Country Music Fest
June 20—Wildwood, NJ—Barefoot Country Music Fest
June 26—Milwaukee, WI—Summerfest
June 27—Cadott, WI—Country Fest
July 12—Cavendish, PEI—Cavendish Beach Music Festival
August 14—Phoenix, AZ—Footprint Center*
August 15—Albuquerque, NM—Isleta Amphitheater*
August 16—Denver, CO—Ball Arena*
August 21—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater*
August 22—Sacramento, CA—Golden 1 Center*
August 23—Los Angeles, CA—Kia Forum*
August 28—Calgary, AB—Scotiabank Saddledome*
August 29—Edmonton, AB—Rogers Place*
August 30—Saskatoon, SK—SaskTel Centre*
September 11—Baton Rouge, LA—Raising Cane’s River Center†
September 13—Bossier City, LA—Brookshire Grocery Arena†
September 18—Austin, TX—Moody Center‡
September 19—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena‡
September 20—Houston, TX—The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman ‡
September 25—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage§
September 26—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre§
September 27—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena§
October 2—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena||
October 3—Noblesville, IN—Ruoff Music Center§
October 4—Cleveland, OH—Blossom Music Center§
October 9—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion§
October 10—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden§
October 11—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center§
October 16—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casio Amphitheatre||
October 17—Rosemont, IL—Allstate Arena||
October 18—Saint Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center||
October 24—Knoxville, TN—Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center#
October 25—Charlotte, NC—Spectrum Center#
November 7—Tampa, FL—Amalie Arena#
November 8—Orlando, FL—Kia Center#

~with special guest Zach Meadows
*with special guests ERNEST and Kaitlin Butts
†with special guests ERNEST and Maddox Batson
‡with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Drake Milligan
§with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Lauren Watkins
||with special guests Muscadine Bloodline and Maddox Batson
#with special guests ERNEST and Drake Milligan