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Playing It Cool is a romantic comedy directed by Justin Reardon with a script by Chris Shafer (Before We Go). Chris Evans produces and stars alongside Michelle Monaghan, Anthony Mackie, Aubrey Plaza, Patrick Warburton, Ioan Gruffudd, Ashley Tisdale, Topher Grace, and Giovanni Ribisi.
This is the story of ME (Evans), a young man disillusioned by love, who meets a breathtaking young woman, HER (Monaghan), at a charity dinner by pretending to be a philanthropist. Only one problem: she’s engaged. Yet, he engages into a platonic relationship to be able to keep seeing her. Like a young Walter Mitty using the power of imagination and wild vignettes, HIM will stop at nothing to conquer HER heart.
Evan’s character in the film, ‘Me’, hit home for director Justin Reardon. “What I love about ‘me’ is the fact that he grows so much through the course of this film, enduring several different stages throughout his emotional journey to opening himself up. This is a character that I feel a great connection to. I can relate to the crushing blow he had to deal with as a child when love literally left him. Defense mechanisms were created to prevent him from ever having to feel that type of hurt again.”
Playing It Cool is rated 14A.
