Tom Hopper stars in the new Netflix romantic comedy Love in the Villa and his real-life wife Laura Hopper plays his fiancee in the movie!
The 37-year-old actor, who also stars in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, has opened up about how Laura ended up getting the role.
Turns out, Laura read the script before Tom even did! Click inside to find out what Tom Hopper said… “She tends to go through a lot of the scripts that get sent my way,” Tom told Entertainment Weekly. “She was like, ‘I just read this really great script called Love in the Villa.
It’s a really sweet rom-com and you should read it.’ I read it and I agreed; I thought it was really brilliant.” Tom continued, “Laura, also being an actress, was like, ‘Oh, I love one of these roles as well — the role of Cassie.’” After Tom signed on to play Charlie in the movie, he suggested that Laura get the role of Cassie and she was given an audition, and then the part. “I love working with my wife,” Tom said. “She’s so funny.
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