Regé-Jean Page to produce and potentially star in ‘Funny You Should Ask’ series for Apple

Regé-Jean Page is set to exec produce and may star in Apple’s TV adaptation of Elissa Sussman's bestselling novel.

Regé-Jean Page is set to executive produce and is expected to star in the Apple TV adaptation of Funny You Should Ask, based on the bestselling novel by Elissa Sussman.

The project, currently in development, comes from Tomorrow Studios, with Page and producing partner Emily Brown attached via their A Mighty Stranger Production banner.

The romantic drama follows a young journalist who interviews a Hollywood icon — a role Page is poised to play — and reconnects with him a decade later. Rachel Alter is adapting the novel for the screen and will also serve as executive producer alongside Page, Brown, Robin Schwartz, Carolyn Daucher, and the production team at Tomorrow Studios.

This marks Page’s anticipated return to television since his breakout role as Simon Basset in Bridgerton. The role in Funny You Should Ask is particularly fitting, as the fictional movie star is the latest James Bond ,a part Page has long been favoured to play by fans.

If greenlit, it would bring Page back into the romantic spotlight with a contemporary edge.

Published in 2022, the novel follows a young journalist tasked with interviewing a famous Hollywood actor who has just been cast as the new James Bond. Their interview sparks unexpected chemistry, leading to a weekend that changes everything. Ten years later, they reunite, forcing them both to confront what really happened between them and what it still means.

Page’s recent credits include Black Bag, The Gray Man, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.