Dave Bautista has joined the cast of the upcoming romantic-comedy ‘The Romantic’ for Paramount Pictures.
The film tells the story of bestselling romance author Francine London, who has a secret: she’s a six-foot-four mountain of a man named 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.
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No director is attached at present. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont have penned the script. Maximum Effort will produce under its first-look deal with the studio, alongside Bautista’s Dogbone Entertainment.
Bautista has previously made his desire to be in a rom-com known back in 2023, stating, “I know I’m not your typical rom-com lead. 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 unappealing about me that excludes me from these parts?”
The ‘Dune’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ actor recently hit the news due to his eyeing up an offer to star in Guy Ritchie’s Jake Gyllenhaal-led sequel ‘Road House 2.‘
