Mario Lopez will star as KFC icon Colonel Sanders in a romantic new Lifetime movie. US network Lifetime is to air a 15-minute short film this weekend starring the iconic restauranteur, who founded the international fast food chain in 1952.
Saved By The Bell star Mario, known for his iconic role as AC Slater on the teen comedy, will portray Kentucky legend Colonel Harland Sanders for the KFC-themed short.
The film promises to provide "mystery, suspense, deception, 'fowl' play and at the heart of it all… love and fried chicken." The plot follows a young heiress encouraged to choose a romantic suitor by her domineering mother.
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