After mentioning that he’d love to be in a romantic comedy movie, Dave Bautista is getting his wish.
According to a new report from Deadline, Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to The Romantic, a spec script from Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. Bautista is attached to star in the project, with no other casting information available as of now.
The movie, according to the report, will follow the story of Francine London, a bestselling romance author who is secretly the six-foot-four Ed Schwenke. “When Ed’s identity comes under scrutiny, he hires a wildcard of a woman to pose as Francine at a romance fiction convention, while evading a cynical female journalist, who hates romance even more than she hates liars. No director is attached at present,” reads the film’s synopsis.
The news comes years after Bautista said he’d love to be in a rom-com one day. Speaking to Page Six in January 2023, the former WWE star was hopeful for an opportunity eventually.
“I know I’m not your typical rom-com lead,” Bautista said at the time. “I’m a little rough around the edges. But I always, you know, I look in the mirror and I say, I ask myself, ‘Am I that unattractive? Is there something that unappealing about me that excludes me from these parts?”
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