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Sam Heughangoes to great lengths to win over a woman in his new romantic comedyLove Again. His character even seeks advice from pop iconCéline Dion.
In real life, he’s also a “romantic at heart,” he says in the new issue of PEOPLE. Asked about the craziest thing he’s done in pursuit of love, Heughan replies, “I’ve done all of the gift-giving and turning up when least expected, but, so far, I’m still looking.”
He certainly has no shortage of admirers. Heughan, who also appears as 18th-century Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser onStarz’s popular time-hopping dramaOutlander,has had fans in a frenzy since the show first premiered in 2014.
Heughan says through the years he’s received marriage proposals, been ambushed while out at dinner and received intimate autograph requests. “I’ve signed a few body parts,” he admits.
Not that he minds the enthusiasm. “Our fans have been so supportive for 10 years now,” he says. “It’s always nice to meet people. They’re great.”
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The Scotland native is likely to gain more followers thanks toLove Again. He plays Rob, a cynical music journalist whose new cell phone has the reassigned phone number of a man who died two years prior.
That man’s former girlfriend Mira (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) texts intimate thoughts to her late lover, and Rob — receiving the messages, unbeknownst to Mira — falls for her from afar.
While profiling Dion (who makes her acting debut playing herself) for an article, Rob asks her advice — and she shares anecdotes from her own love story with her latehusband, talent manager René Angélil, who died in 2016. “God, it’s so heartbreaking when she tells it,” recalls Heughan.
Though the two share several scenes, they never actually filmed together during the COVID-era production, which was completed before her diagnosis with thedebilitating disorder stiff person syndrome, a rare and incurable neurological disease that can cause debilitating muscle spasms.
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“We had great dinners and karaoke nights where we sang a lot of Céline, ate some amazing food,” he says.
Though Dion herself didn’t join in the merriment, the cast has a deep affection for her nevertheless.
“She’s gracious. She’s funny. She didn’t need to, but she gave us so much of her time,” Chopra Jonastold PEOPLE at the May 3 premiere ofLove Againin New York. “She’s just a wonderful, wonderful person. I wish her so much love and luck, and I know she wanted to be here, but I’m just so happy she’s part of this movie. She’s such an integral part of it.”
Love Againis in theaters now.
For more on Sam Heughan, pick up the new issue ofPEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
source: people.com
