Jon Hamm Wants to Lead a Romantic Comedy withMorning ShowCostar Jennifer Aniston: It Would Be 'Funny and Fun'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jon Hammis game to take an onscreen romance withJennifer Anistonto the big screen.

While speaking withIndieWirerecently regarding his twoEmmy Awardnominationsfor his roles inThe Morning ShowandFargo, Hamm, 53, opened up about a desire to make a romantic comedy with Aniston, 55. The two have a romantic arc inThe Morning Show’s latest season.

“I have no idea what it would look like,” Hamm told the outlet of a potential rom-com featuring the pair. “I think it would just have to be funny and fun and it would let us do what we both do very well, which is be charming and funny and compelling. I certainly wouldn’t say no to that.”

“She’s kind of established theAdam Sandlerfilms that she’s done, which I think have been great — those murder mysteries, those are always really fun,” he added, pointing out Aniston’s twoMurder Mysteryfilms on Netflix with Sandler, 57. The actor also citedSydney SweeneyandGlen Powell’s 2023 movieAnyone But Youas proof that romantic comedies can still sell tickets at movie theaters.

“I mean, God bless Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney for proving that it can work again,” he said. “I’m glad to see that some of the [studios], streamers, and alternate folks are taking swings at the romantic comedy genre again because I feel like it is something that was overlooked for some time.”

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Aside from Hamm’s Emmy-nominated stints on television in the last year, the actor most recently appeared in 2024’sMean Girlsmusical film as Coach Carr and made a cameo in Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix movieUnfrosted,sending up his iconic seriesMad Menas he andJohn Slatterysuited up as 1960s-era advertising executives.

Aniston, meanwhile, is a romantic comedy veteran who has appeared in movies likeJust Go With ItandHe’s Just Not That Into You, in addition to her recent Netflix projects with Sandler.

Hamm next lends his voice to a big screen project for the upcoming animated movieTransformers One, among other projects. It’s unclear whether he will return forThe Morning Show’s fourth season, while Aniston is expected to continue playing her lead character Alex Levy when the show returns.

source: people.com