Begorrah, jaysis, shillelagh, shamrock, leprechaun (4 in space), yesterday was St. Paddy’s Day, so it was, so it was. So the timing of the announcement that US comedian Adam Scott has signed on to co-star in Irish-themed rom-com, Leap Year, is pretty much spot-on. Top o’ the mornin’ to ye!
Scott, who was so hilariously assholish as Will Ferrell’s brother in Step Brothers, will play the boyfriend of Amy Adams’ character, who travels to Dublin to take advantage of an old tradition that allows girlfriends to propose to their boyfriends on February 29. Because, you know, heaven forfend that girls might be able to propose anytime they liked in this, the supposed age of equality.
Anyway, when Adams is derailed by bad weather, she is forced to team up with Matthew Goode’s cynical Irish innkeeper to get back on track. Only, we’re guessing that, somewhere along the way, she’ll fall for Goode and realise that Scott’s boyfriend is, actually, pretty Badde.
Regular readers will know that we’ve long thought that the premise of this rom-com was tedious, unoriginal and pregnant with the potential to be utterly pish. But then, the cast keeps giving us pause – first Adams, who can do no wrong, then the excellent Goode, and now Scott. Can it be true? Have Harry Elfont and Deb Kaplan, the writers behind **Made Of Honor **and Surviving Christmas, finally written a comedy that won’t be stereotypical nonsense (see: opening para) that will make Empire want to tear its own eyes out?
We’ll see. Anand Tucker is directing the movie for Spyglass, with filming set to begin this month in Ireland. Good luck to him - and may all the cast be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows they’re dead.