You might want to retreat to a private place before reading the rest of this post, Crushers, because you're liable to squeal your face off in delight. Here's some amazing casting news (straight from the fine people at New York magazine) we couldn't even have made up if we tried: Zac Efron is in talks to star in the new Nicholas Sparks movie, “The Lucky One.” We'll let that sink in: Efron. Sparks. Together at last.
After getting our hopes up that Daniel Radcliffe would tackle the lead role in “The Lucky One,” which follows a soldier who returns from Iraq (to, where else, North Carolina) and hunts for the mystery woman in a photograph he carried during his tour of duty, Zac is most definitely one of the only people who could have satisfied our high hopes for the film's casting.
Naturally, with this great news, we wondered how well Zac would fit into the Nicholas Sparks tearjerker universe. To answer that question, you must consider this: There are three certainties in any Nicholas Sparks movie. First, there will be a hot, shirtless dude. Second, there will be a sexy kiss (preferably in the rain) that makes you audibly swoon. Third, and perhaps the most reliable certainty of all, you will cry. We know Zac will make good on the hotness (and the shirtlessness), and we're sure he'll have fantastic chemistry with whichever lucky bit--sorry, lady--gets cast as his onscreen love, so all we ask is this: Make us cry, Zac!
As if Zac didn't have enough on his plate — he's already got about five kazillion projects in development (why yes, that is an exact count) — the report mentioned that he's also attached to “Die in a Gun Fight,” a New York-based screenplay by two recent NYU grads about a spoiled rich kid who falls in love with his father's rival's daughter. Consider our tickets bought.
How perfect, on a scale of super perfect to ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY PERFECT, is this casting news? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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