A hotel penthouse, a professional photo of herself dressed only in rose petals ... Lesley Heague was sure her boyfriend would be bowled over by her recreation of the classic scene from American Beauty, his favourite film.
But after splashing out £1,000 on her Valentine's Day gesture, she found out he had never even seen the movie.
In fact, Luke Scrase's favourite film is Denzel Washington's 2008 crime thriller American Gangster - a movie with a rather less romantic slant. All her plans had been based on a simple mishearing.
Lesley Heague re-enacts the famous rose petal scene from American Beauty for boyfriend Luke Scrase
Miss Heague's nude Valentine's card re-enacts the erotic dream scene starring Mena Suvari in Sam Mendes's Oscar-winning 1999 movie.
The 25-year-old office worker has even arranged for rose petals to be strewn in the £695 hotel room she has booked.
She said the idea for their first Valentine's Day struck her after her boyfriend asked for a DVD as his present.
Inspiration: Mena Suvari in the Hollywood original
'I was sure he said he was a big fan of American Beauty, so I thought I'd go the whole hog and set up a themed weekend,' Miss Heague said.
'I've booked a lovely room at a posh hotel and ordered the petals from two dozen red roses to be strewn on the bed and around the bathroom.
'I also forked out for a photographer to take a set of pictures of me in the famous scene covered in rose petals for a personalised Valentine's card. Even if I say so myself the pictures look brilliant.'
