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Thank You, Glen Powell: A-List Guys Are Back in Rom-Com Business

Romantic comedies are back thanks to stars like Glen Powell, Ryan Gosling and more A-list actors bringing charm and chemistry to the genre

Raunchy sex comedies — No Strings Attached and Bad Teacher, for example — replaced earnest romance, love stories that were once celebrated became a premise for parody and just the whisper of the term “rom-com” had the most serious actors running for the hills. Powell, of course, is one of those amalgamations who seems to create fireworks with all his leading ladies — Sydney Sweeney, Adria Arjona and Daisy Edgar-Jones, to name a few — but also understands the impact a well-executed romantic comedy can have on pop culture at large. This summer, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans fight for Dakota Johnson’ s heart in Celine Song’s latest venture, Materialists, centered on a complicated love triangle that has spawned endless online conversations.

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