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Regé-Jean Page will soon beryllium returning to his romanticist roots pinch nan upcoming rom-com You, Me & Tuscany starring Halle Bailey — and nan film’s genre is portion of nan logic he signed connected for nan role.
With many recent thinkpieces and opinions expressed by Hollywood regarding nan expected decease of nan rom-com, nan Emmy-nominated Bridgerton alum told People precocious successful an question and reply that nan misconception informed his decision.
“It mightiness person been that. The thought that nan rom-com is dead,” he said. “Love decidedly isn’t dead. Love will prevention us. And I deliberation that I’m happy to activity that flag.”
In You, Me & Tuscany, Anna (Bailey) impulsively jets disconnected to nan Italian countryside to enactment successful a stranger’s villa sans permission. When she’s caught by nan man’s mother, she pretends to beryllium her son’s fiancée. The dishonesty soon spirals retired of power and becomes a problem erstwhile she originates falling for Michael (Page), nan man’s cousin.
“We changeable successful Tuscany. It was Rome, 5 aliases six weeks successful Tuscany. We were conscionable retired successful nan sunshine, driving done vineyards. I ran my manus done that section of wheat that Russell Crowe goes done astatine nan opening of Gladiator. Food was incredible,” Page described of nan shoot.
“And I sewage to activity pinch Halle Bailey each day,” he added. “So we were conscionable having a awesome time. We were having a awesome clip making a movie astir stepping into your champion life.”
Page told nan publication that that’s “a batch of what rom-coms are about.”
“They’re astir having aspirations,” the Black Bag and The Gray Man actor explained. “About having aspirations that you tin measurement into your champion life done trusting different people, done discovering really to lick your problems pinch other… really to talk done your problems. Every movie doesn’t person to beryllium who punches hardest. So I’m conscious astir talking it retired and uncovering bid pinch yourself and different people. And it was a joyousness to do that.”
The Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions movie — which opens successful theaters April 10 — is directed by Kat Coiro from Ryan Engle’s screenplay based connected an original thought by Ryan Engle and Kristin Engle.
