The actor stars opposite Meghann Fahy in the upcoming rom-com.
“It did happen very fast,” Badgley said of joining the film, adapted from Sarah Hogle’s bestselling book. “I signed on right before we had to go . I was mostly consumed with losing enough weight, so it just made sense for how maniacal this guy was supposed to be about his body.
”He continued, “The way he is written on the page is truly, like, I should have had a shredded eight-pack. I should have had a Marvel body. And I had a real-life good body, you know what I’m saying? There’s a difference.”follows engaged couple, Naomi and Nicholas, who have fallen out of love and try to sabotage each other into calling off their wedding, only to fall back in love in the process.alum acknowledged that getting toned for a role was a first for him, quipping, “I never had to lose weight and get kind of ripped for a role, so I was just like, ‘Of all things a fucking comedy, of course.” The film also stars Natalie Morales, Justin Long, Kyle MacLachlan, Ana Gasteyer, Hope Davis, Delaney Rowe and Lisa Gilroy. Timothy Busfield was also set to play Bernie, father to Fahy’s character Naom, in the film, butChloé Zhao and Her ‘Hamnet’ Producers — Among Them Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes — on the Journey From a “Mid-Life Crisis” to the Oscars ‘Wuthering Heights’ Director Emerald Fennell on Breaking With the Book to Cast Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff: “There Are So Many Different Takes”The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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