Casey Affleck? Rom-com? Yeah, it’s definitely not a pairing you see too often from the usually indie drama-centric actor, but considering he’s one of our favorite onscreen talents, we’ll give this one the benefit of the doubt.
Affleck is currently circling the lead role in the Fox Searchlight film “The F-Word.” Based on the play “Cigars and Toothpaste” by T.J. Dawe and Michael Rinaldi, the film will find Affleck playing “a young man who falls for a young woman but hides his attraction for her until she can admit to reciprocal feelings.” Isn’t that kind of guy generally called “an asshole”? Anyway, laffs and feelings are sure to be on the way.
The project was written by Elan Mastai (“Alone In The Dark”) and is set to be directed by Alex Holdridge, whose “In Search Of A Midnight Kiss” had some champions (though not really around these parts).
No word yet on when production might begin, but considering Affleck spent the last year or so working on Michael Winterbottom’s grim “The Killer Inside Me” and documenting Joaquin Phoenix act like a rapper/pervert, he might be up for something a little lighter (the sexual assault rap he just got slapped with probably doesn’t help).