Stars Kat Graham and Tom Hopper tease their Italian-set rom-com.
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In many ways, the project was kismet for her.
“I had had a break-up and we got back together in Verona.
And then two years later, I get this film.
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My ex-fiance’s name, he went by Brandon.
I don’t even call it a wink from God.
It was more like a like an aggressive shove.”
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It’s a really sweet rom-com.'"
That, in turn, created a bit of a meta situation for Hopper when he arrived on set.
“We just arrived in Verona, and then, I tested positive for COVID,” he says.
“We ended up having to go into quarantine for two weeks.
Hopper had to learn about wine and vitaculture to play Charlie, a task that sounds envious.
“I could feel myself slipping into this wine stupor,” he quips.
“I was like, ‘I gotta be careful.
I got shirtless scenes in this movie.’
I could see myself getting into that world a little bit too much.
And I was getting offered free wine left, right and center.
What’s so amazing about, particularly Italian wine, is learning the journey.
The taste of every wine comes literally from the soil all the way to the glass.”
“I felt sorry for the cameraman doing the food fight,” says Hopper.
“He got the worst of it.
It was a free for all.
It’s always fun to be told, ‘Go crazy.
“I really did get to toss a Pecorino,” laughs Graham.
“I can’t even tell you how much fun that scene was.
I’ve always dreamed dreamt of a food fight like that.
There were a couple of noodles in my hair afterwards.”
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