Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) and Jamie Bell (Fantastic Four) are set to star in a new film project titled Takes One to Know One, which is described as an “unconventional and contemporary take on romance.”
The story follows Eleanor (Cooke) and Lucas (Bell). “When the two meet in Rome, their chemistry is electric. With a shared passion for art, Italy and each other, it looks like the start of something life-changing. The biggest stumbling block: they are both in relationships with other people.”
It’s also said that the film is a “twist on the real-time getaway romance,” and is “a sexy, relatable love story that captures the spark of attraction between two people who accidentally find something they didn’t realize they were looking for.”
The movie comes from Italian director Nathalie Biancheri (Wolf, Nocturnal) from a screenplay by Brooke Baker (Pam & Tommy, Sideswiped), which was on the 2022 Black List.
Cooke shared in a statement: “The script penned by Brooke is beautiful and delicious and can only be elevated more by Natalie and Jamie’s immense talent and vision. To be working with this brilliant bunch is a dream.”
Biancheri added: “I’m so excited to work with Olivia and Jamie on this project. The script is such a great combination of sexy, fun but also quite moving and I feel like it really hits a spot people are hungry for in cinema today.”
Baker said: “Writing this movie for Olivia was an incredible experience, and I immediately resonated with Nathalie’s inspired and visionary take on the material. I couldn’t be more thrilled that Nathalie, Olivia and Jamie are going to bring this story and these characters that I love so deeply to life.”
Cornerstone’s Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder added: “We fell instantly in love with Brooke’s superb script, Nathalie’s bold and original take on the romance movie and our two lead actors could not be a more perfect fit.”
It seems like everything involved with the project is excited about it. There’s a solid team of talent attached to it, and I’m sure they will deliver an entertaining movie.
Source: Variety
