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Alison Brie is opening up about just how she and husband Dave Franco met and fell in love.

While talking about their romantic comedy they wrote during quarantine on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the 37-year-old actress shared her love story with Dave and how it started, while he was filming Now You See Me.

“It starts off in New Orleans at Madri Gras, where all great love stories begin,” she joked, before sharing the short story on the program.

“I was there with some friends,” Alison recalled. “It was some incredible matchmaking done by my friend Jules, after we ran into Dave at the airport. The two of them are friends and she had invited him out to dinner with us there. He was sitting next to her across the table and…my friend texts me under the table and says ‘You should hook up with Dave’…and I responded with ‘Yes please’ with a lot of thumbs up emojis. A very enthusiastic response.”

She went on, saying that Jules actually showed Dave the text.

“He was like ‘I’m in!’” Alison shared, saying that their friend asked him not to tell her that she showed him her text, before the same friend told her that she showed him her text.

Alison continued that her romance with Dave continued on after meeting up again in New York, where it was the “wining and dining, romantic portion of our meeting each other. He left a secret note in my sweatshirt on our last day of our trip which read ‘Come with me to Paris’.”

Check out her interview below, where she reveals why they didn’t use their love story as the basis for their rom-com.

Dave Franco just revealed what he and wife Alison Brie have been doing in quarantine – writing a movie!

During his interview with Variety, the 35-year-old filmmaker and actor opened up about the romantic comedy film the two wrote together during the stay at home order in California.

“It’s a genre that we both love, but when we looked at the landscape of rom-coms over the past decade, it feels like the bar is set really low,” Dave explained. “There’s a trend where rom-coms have an overly bright aesthetic and the concepts are really silly and the acting isn’t grounded.”

He adds, “We looked back on classics like When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, Pretty Woman…When you look at those films, you remember how grounded they are and how great the acting is.”

Dave also opened up about Alison, raving over her performance skills and directing her in his new film, The Rental.

“She’s a unique actor in the way that she’s able to balance heavy drama with moments of levity, and it was just so comforting for me to have her there through the process,” he shared.

Dave added, “As a first-time director, there were moments where I would get in my head and start to doubt myself. It was invaluable to have her there to build me up when I needed to be, and to remind me that we were doing good work.”

With social distancing rules in place, Dave and Alison hosted a drive-in screening for The Rental last month. See the pics here!

Dave Franco is getting some fresh air with a friend.

The 35-year-old The Disaster Artist actor was spotted going for a hike with a friend on Monday (July 6) at Griffith Park in Los Angeles.

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Dave‘s directorial debut The Rental is hitting theaters this month, but a special drive-in screening was just hosted in June and everyone stayed socially distanced!

He kept close to his wife and the film’s star Alison Brie at the event. Check out the photos. They then got into their cars to watch the screening!

The trailer for The Rental was just released and the horror film looks terrifying. The film will be released in select theaters and drive-ins, as well as on VOD, on July 24.

Dave Franco‘s directorial debut The Rental will be hitting theaters next month, but a special drive-in screening was just hosted and everyone stayed socially distanced!

The 35-year-old actor/director kept close to his wife and the film’s star Alison Brie at the event on Thursday night (June 18) at the Vineland Drive-In in City of Industry, Calif.

Dave and Alison kept their distance from the film’s other stars Dan Stevens and Sheila Vand while posing for a photo call. They then got into their cars to watch the screening!

The trailer for The Rental was just released and the horror film looks terrifying. Make sure to check it out now! The film will be released in select theaters and drive-ins, as well as on VOD, on July 24.

35+ pictures inside of the stars of The Rental at the drive-in screening… More Here! »

Dave Franco is making his directorial debut with the new horror film The Rental, which is scheduled to hit select theaters this summer.

The 35-year-old actor and filmmaker’s wife Alison Brie stars in the new film alongside Dan Stevens, Jeremy Allen White, and Sheila Vand.

Here’s a synopsis: Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a whole new light.

The Rental will be playing in select theaters and drive-ins, as well as on VOD, on July 24.

See the new photos of Alison and Dave going for a masked stroll a couple weeks ago.

Dave Franco matches with his wife Alison Brie in a bandana mask while going on a walk in their neighborhood in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon (May 31).

The married couple stepped out for a stroll and held hands along the way as they got some fresh air during riots and a pandemic.

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As the riots and racial injustice around the country broke out, Alison was one of many celebs contributing a voice in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

She took to her Instagram, solely to post the movement’s insignia with no caption needed.

A little before, Alison shared on her Twitter that she had signed a petition that is aiming to arrest all the officers involved in George Floyd‘s murder that happened earlier this week.

See how other celebrities are getting involved in the racial injustice movement right now.

Dave Franco is on the move.

The 34-year-old Now You See Me actor was spotted waiting patiently at a local restaurant on Tuesday (May 26) to pick up his take-out order for lunch in Los Feliz, Calif. amid the global health crisis.

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Dave was seen wearing a protective mask as he went to pick up his food.

Earlier in the month, Dave was seen looking cool n a yellow tie dye shirt and matching face mask paired with black shorts during a quick afternoon outing.

Late last month, the first look photos of Dave‘s upcoming directorial debut movie The Rental starring his wife Alison Brie were released.

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