Christian Cooke Joins Lily Collins in ‘Love, Rosie’

“Romeo & Juliet” thesp Christian Cooke is stepping into a more modern romantic love story, coming aboard to co-star with Lily Collins and Sam Claflin in the indie “Love, Rosie.”

Christian Ditter is helming, with Tamsin Egerton also attached to the project.

The film is based on the Cecelia Ahern tome and revolves around two best friends whose relationship is tested when one of them moves from Dublin to America.

The pic is a Canyon Creek Films production, with Simon Brooks and Robert Kulzer producing.

Cooke most recently played Mercutio in “Romeo and Juliet,” starring Hailee Steinfeld, and can be seen on the Starz skein “Magic City.” He also stars in the Paramount pic “Destination Wedding.

He is repped by WME, United Agents and Management 360.

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Tamsin Egerton joining Sam Claflin and Lily Collins in "Love, Rosie"

British up and comer Tamsin Egerton has joined Sam Claflin and Lily Collins in romantic comedy “Love, Rosie”, according to Britain’s The Daily Mail.

Collins and Claflin play best friends and star-crossed lovers in the film based on the novel “Where Rainbows End” by Cecelia Ahern, who also wrote “P.S. I Love You.” Christian Ditter directs the film which follows Collins’ Rosie and Clafin’s Alex on the cusp of heading off to college. When she gets pregnant unexpectedly, she urges him to go without her and the film chronicles their lives over the next 12 years. No word on who Egerton will play, but filming begins in May.

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The actress Jaime Winstone is listed as part of the cast in the website imdb.