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EXCLUSIVE: Tia Carrere (upcoming Lilo & Stitch) has been tapped for a role alongside Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich in The Last Resort, the new Philippines-set romantic comedy from Miss Congeniality helmer Donald Petrie.

EXCLUSIVE: Star Wars vets Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich are starring in Donald Petrie’s Philippines set romantic comedy, The Last Resort which Asia Pacific Films is producing and financing.

Katcy Stephan Donald Petrie has signed on to direct “The Last Resort,” a Philippines-set romantic comedy written by Karen McCullah, the scribe behind such romcom gems as “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Legally Blonde.” Petrie, who directed the Lemmon-Mathau comedy “Grumpy Old Men” and is an Emmy nominee for his work on “L.A. Law,” is responsible for a number of classic romantic comedies himself, having directed “Miss Congeniality,” “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” and “Mystic Pizza.” The veteran filmmaker’s other credits include “Richie Rich,” “The Associate,” “My Favorite Martian,” “My Life in Ruins” and the television show “The Kominski Method,” among others. McCullah, who was born in the Philippines and grew up in the U.S., has also written films including “She’s the Man,” “Ella Enchanted,” “The Ugly Truth” and “The House Bunny.” “The Last Resort” follows a hotel executive who is sent to scout a new resort location in the Philippines.

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Hugh Jackman revealed he once auditioned to be Sandra Bullock's FBI partner-turned-love interest Eric Matthews in Donald Petrie's 2000 undercover rom-com Miss Congeniality, but her Demolition Man co-star Benjamin Bratt got the part.The Australian 54-year-old - who's only an Oscar away from EGOT status - told the tale in his new Variety cover story: 'No one knew X-Men yet. I was a nobody.'At the time, Hugh didn't even want to play Eric, but his agent 'made him' in order to have leverage with negotiations for his role in Tony Goldwyn's 2001 rom-com Someone Like You opposite Ashley Judd.