Let Jennifer Aniston and Sebastian Stan make a rom-com together, right now
The two talk about making a New York City-set rom-com in a new interview
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The Morning Show’s Jennifer Aniston and Pam & Tommy’s Sebastian Stan recently linked up for Variety’s Actors On Actors series, where they, among other things, discussed the sacred rom-com genre.
The topic arose when Stan shared that one of his favorite films is Roger Michell’s 1999 feature Notting Hill, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
“If I could live in Notting Hill, the movie, forever, I would,” Stan told Aniston (Same, Sebastian, same). “There were a lot of those movies that were great.”
From there, the two talked about the current state of the beloved genre, which is when Aniston asks Stan if he’d like to make a rom-com with her.
“Why do they have such a bad rap these days? ‘Cause wouldn’t it be fun to do one? Do you want to do it?” Aniston asks Stan.
“I would do one in a second with you,” Stan replies.
Now, this needs to actually happen. In the ‘00s, Aniston starred in mainstream rom-coms such as The Break Up, Just Go With It, and He’s Just Not That Into You. Meanwhile, the MCU’s Stan has starred in a whopping zero—a crime in this writer’s book. He’s perfect rom-com material with his dashing good looks and charm!
Toward the end of the interview, Aniston and Stan began to hammer out the details of their film.
“Shoot it in New York City?” Aniston asks.
“Yeah, that sounds great. They could probably write that very, very quickly,” Stan says.
“Great. We’re gonna do a rom-com,” Aniston concludes. “So exciting. We’re bringing them back.”
Aniston’s potential return to rom-coms comes with the changing tide on rom-coms—which is a welcome change considering we have been in a drought for years. This year’s already blessed us with two fun offerings: Sandra Bullock’s The Lost City and Joel Kim Booster’s Fire Island. On the horizon, we’ve got a remake of Father Of The Bride, Billy Eichner’s Bros, and the regency-set rom-com Mr. Malcolm’s List. Aniston’s not the only one going back into the rom-coms, and genre mainstays Meg Ryan and Roberts both have projects on the way.
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New York City-set really covering some new ground there
Set it in Jersey City you cowards
Jennifer Aniston,
Sebastian Stan,
un film de Kevin Smith…
Staniston
NOOCH!
🤢🤮
I really want to see how upper income people in southern California live. That would be new territory that cinema and TV have barely covered.
Well, there aint much singles swinging going on in Lynchburg or Fargo worth filming about.
Ithaca!
I heard its gorges
Well, Milwaukee was booked so they went with what was available?
Fine, I’m not stopping ya. Just don’t make me hafta see it.
Set it in the MCU!
They are both fine but I would prefer rom-coms that paired both of them with someone with a bit more of an edgeJennifer Aniston & Timothy OlyphantSebastian Stan & Kathryn Hahn
Heck, skip the middle man and go right with Olyphant & Hahn. I don’t even like romcoms but I’d watch that in a second.
I do like (some) rom-coms, but that sounds like a candidate for top 3 for sure.
Is it weird that I find Hahn/Olyphant a sexier duo than Aniston/Stan?
Aniston & Hahn?Honestly I don’t really care, I’ll watch anything with Kathryn Hahn.
Olyphant has previous form: the very good “Catch and Release” with Jennifer Garner. Not that I wouldn’t immediately stream an Anisphant romcom, but the itch already has a ready scratcher.
I don’t know that I’d call Catch and Release “very good”, but it is enjoyable.
That would set up fans for all the inevitable Agatha Harkness/Bucky Barnes memes/gifs/fanfic.
I’m just here for the name-combining:
Anyphant
Stahn
How about Jon Hamm and Kathryn Hahn? Hahmmn.
If we’re naming Jennifer Anniston rom-coms: Rumor Has it… streams on Netflix.
You mean “rom-bomb” because that movie is fucking pathetic.
Whatever happened to that movie Aniston was going to do with Tig Notaro, where one was going to be the President of the USA, and the other was going to be their wife? I demand that one get made first.
Is she playing his mom?
She’s 15 years older than him. I dunno.
I mean Fresh was *kind of* a rom-com?
I though so! I mean, I only watched the first 45 minutes or so but
She’d be great playing Sebastian Stan’s mom!
It’d be nice actually having the female lead be the older actor in a RomCom. Not that you can even tell with her, mind you. The only other time that comes to mind is The Proposal, with Bullock and Reynolds.
Yeah both Aniston and Bullock are kind of ageless. And considering they are both in their 50’s, can’t even believe that, are both about as stunning and flawless as they come.
Would it be a remake of Harold And Maude?
Harold and Maude is perfect. Any remake would just be sad.
“From the writer of ‘Nyeh,’ and the director of ‘Neh,’ comes ‘Beeeeegggghhh.’”