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Kirthana Ramisetti's avatar

Such a great list! And it drives me a bit crazy to think of how many romcoms Ashton Kutcher has starred in, when there have always been so many other better options.

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Erin Carlson's avatar

Exactly! Rom-com fans deserve more.

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Rob Thomas's avatar

I know he's distractingly handsome but I think Henry Cavill is tremendously underused in movies and would kill it in an old-school '90s-style British romcom. He seems like such a nerdy sweetie in interviews!

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Erin Carlson's avatar

YES. He’d be terrific in something like Four Weddings and a Funeral — or Bridget Jones’s Diary!

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Annie Wilson's avatar

6 YEARS since Crazy Rich Asians? OMG. Can we get our two series sequals please?

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Erin Carlson's avatar

SERIOUSLY. I'm still scratching my head as to where they are? Not only was CRA a good movie, it was a hit!!!

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Rachel Upshaw's avatar

I am glad all the CRA actors have been working so much but devastated it’s pulled them away from the sequels 😭😭

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Evelyn Skye's avatar

Never thought about Phil Dunster as a rom com lead, but omg, you're RIGHT.

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Erin Carlson's avatar

I'm casting him in the next movie made from one of your books!

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Fawnia Soo Hoo's avatar

YES to a Charles Melton rom com situation!

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Francesca Bossert's avatar

Oooh Pedro Pascal could be Emilio Caliente in my romcom!! Latino rock star…?? What do you reckon??

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Saul Austerlitz's avatar

I am all in for the gritty John Mulaney romantic comedy.

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Erin Carlson's avatar

We need this!!!

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Lauren Kung Jessen's avatar

Petition for a Pedro rom-com!!

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

He was so adorably drunk and, yes, rom-com city for him, The genre needs to be reinvigorated--and he could do it with the right script. Here's to you, Erin Carlson and Pedro.

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Rachel Upshaw's avatar

Definitely agree with Phil Dunster who is very adorable on Instagram, and he’s also apparently IRL friends with equally adorable Nikesh Patel, who plays the actor love interest on Starstruck. I want to see them as love triangle rivals in a movie!!! Should I write it 🤔

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Erin Carlson's avatar

That is a brilliant idea!!! Nikesh Patel is so SWOON. If you write it, I will be SEATED. Front row.

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Alyssa Jarrett's avatar

My Roy Boy! I feel like I'm alone in my Kieran Culkin obsession, so I feel validated right now. Never smashed the subscribe button faster :)

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Erin Carlson's avatar

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

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Emily Safron's avatar

Joe Keery <3

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Erin Carlson's avatar

Oh, I adore him!! That's such a great a pick.

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Emily Safron's avatar

Him and Kieran are my ultimate celeb crushes haha, I would die to see either of them in a romcom role

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Erin Carlson's avatar

They've both got the IT factor! I have to wonder whether they WERE approached to do a rom-com but turned it down for some reason. Maybe they're waiting for the right script and role. Glen Powell: Share those scripts you're reading!

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Emily Safron's avatar

Ok, I could totally see it! Patiently waiting for the right script and role 🤞🏻

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Beth Lisogorsky's avatar

Preferably not with Sydney Sweeney though. Maybe Sarah Paulson?

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Mark E. Griffin's avatar

I mean, yeah

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Erin Carlson's avatar

“Yeah!” -- Usher

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