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What If You Had to Live Inside 'The Proposal'?
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There's a script to be written, hopefully by someone with talent, in which a character from the real world gets dropped into a romantic comedy. Sort of like Enchanted in reverse, or the middle part of The Last Action Hero -- a reg'lar Joe or Josephine suddenly finds themselves having to survive in the Rom-Com Universe, forced to adapt their normal-human skills and behavior to an alternate reality where almost nothing is like they know it.
Take The Proposal, for example. Ryan Reynolds' executive-assistant character makes a coffee run for his boss -- but there's no coffee in the cups! Seriously, you can tell from the way he's juggling them in one hand that, as in most movies and TV shows, they're completely empty. Unless, of course, normal physics don't apply in Rom-Com World, which is a distinct possibility. Naturally, when he gets the coffee all the way back to the office, the first thing that happens is that he slams into a co-worker, and coffee cascades from the now-full cups all over his shirt.
See, this is one way that it would be hard to live in a romantic comedy. For starters, when I buy coffee, the cup's almost always full of coffee. I like that. And if I was constantly running into people and spilling my magical drink all over myself, I'd need to keep multiple changes of clothes in my car and at my office. I imagine that people in rom-coms must have overnight bags stashed all over the place, given how often they spill stuff, fall down, and have messy things flung at them. It would be hard on the wardrobe.
Sandra Bullock Will Star in 'Proposal' RomCom
Filed under: Comedy », Romance », Casting », Newsstand »
Romantic comedy superstar Sandra Bullock must be getting sick of the dramas -- Murder by Numbers, Crash, The Lake House, Infamous and Premonition . Beside a stint as Miss Congeniality 2 in 2005, she hasn't done a romcom since Two Weeks Notice in 2002. Have you missed her? Whether you have or not, she's heading back for three good, healthy servings of romance. Man, the atrocity that was Premonition really must have worn her down! First there was talk of crossword puzzles and All About Steve in October, then she thought about being One of the Guys in December and now she's itching for The Proposal.This stint seems right up Sandy's alley. From a script by Peter Chiarelli (apparently not the sport guy), who used to be the director of development at MGM, Proposal is about a demanding lady boss who is going to be deported to Canada. To stop it, she agrees to her young, male assistant's proposal to get married. I'm sure that means that within the craziness and power plays, she falls for the guy and their romance really does become consummated. I wonder how young her assistant will be? Will they really Mrs. Robinson her? And will the guy remain a lower-tier employee, or will he romance his way to the top? Oh, the possibilities are romantically endless! Without a director attached yet, there's not much more to say, but we can always muse about the young man who will grab her hand in marriage. I guess it really depends on what they're going for -- young and hot or young and geek. With Veronica Mars said and done, maybe Bullock could fall for a little Jason Dohring? If they're looking for more nerd flavor, Justin Long keeps popping in my head.
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