Eric Dane, dreamy Doctor McSteamy from
ABC's Grey's Anatomy, will play gay in the upcoming feature
film Valentine's Day.
But wait there's more: Dane will star
opposite sexy hunk Bradley Cooper!
The romantic comedy pairs five couples
as they celebrate Valentine's Day in Los Angeles. Cooper will play a
gay man in love with Dane's character, a closeted football player.
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Bradley Cooper's gay
character and Variety reported on Dane signing up to play a
football player, leaving us to speculate on the hot pairing.
Dane's silver screen resume is
blooming. He can be seen in Marley and Me,
X-Men: The Last Stand,
and the 2006 made-for-tv movie
Wedding Wars, where he
plays the brother of an openly gay man (played by John Stamos) who
goes on strike to support gay marriage.
This will be Cooper's second feature
film role as a gay man.
Cooper, who recently called gay rumors
about himself “awesome,” played a gay camp counselor in the 2001
cult classic Wet Hot American Summer.
“Victor
Garber is one of my best friends, and I'll never forget when we went
to some event together and people thought we were dating. It was all
over the Internet. It was the first time I read a rumor like that
about me, and I just thought it was fantastic,” Cooper told gay
monthly Advocate.
“But if you believe those rumors, every single male in Hollywood is
gay.”
Also set to appear
in the film are Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jennifer
Garner, Shirley MacLaine, Ashton Kutcher and Patrick Dempsey. The
film begins shooting this week.
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