Madonna claims perfect love is unattainable as she attends W.E. premiere "This movie shows that there is no such thing as perfect love, that all love requires compromise or sacrifice," she said at the west London cinema, where she was joined by stars Andrea Riseborough, James d'Arcy, Richard Coyle and Natalie Dormer. The other thing is that nothing is as it seems. You can look from the outside and think it's one thing but once you start investigating, it's something completely different. It's like a human being. What you thought of them on the first day is not what you think of them a year later. The film, which has received mixed reviews, looks at the romance between Wallis Simpson (Riseborough) and Edward VIII (d'Arcy), which led to the monarch's abdication, and includes a parallel modern-day romance. Madonna added: "I hope people will leave the film thinking 'Wow', with a whole new perspective on the story." Riseborough, 30, revealed that she could not resist being moved by Madonna's enthusiasm for the project. "She was so passionate and so clear about the story she wanted to tell, and was well equipped and prepared to tell it, that after that point, I didn't need to think twice," she said. W.E. opens in the UK on Friday, January 20.