Samara Weaving, who made heads explode with her breakout turn in horror hit Ready or Not, is taking a comedic turn, closing a deal to star opposite Eugenio Derbez in Lionsgate's English-language remake of the French film, The Valet.
Richard Wong, who helmed the well-regarded road trip comedy Come as You Are, will direct. Weaving will play a movie star who enlists a parking valet named Antonio (Derbez) to pose as her lover to cover for a relationship with a married man.
As a Latinx valet, the hard-working Antonio usually moves through the world anonymously, but through the ruse, he comes to be seen as the worthy person he always has been.
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