Casting directors, listen up: Matthew Lillard has his next role picked out.

“I’m ready for my rom-com era. I’m ready to be the boy who needs love,” Lillard, 55, told Us Weekly exclusively on Thursday, September 18, while promoting his partnership with Exact Sciences’ Cologuard test.

As for who’d play opposite him in this future rom-com? The Scream alum has a few ideas.

“My first answer is Gillian Anderson, but my political answer is Tom Cruise,” Lillard told Us. “I really want to say something politically supportive of the LGBTQ+ [community]. I would love to do a gay rom-com. I think the world needs a smash-hit rom-com with two beautiful men or two fantastically gorgeous women.”

A Lookback at Matthew Lillard’s Best Roles in the ‘90s and ‘00s

He added: “I [just] need to work on my abs.

See Full Page