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Interestingly for me, modern rom coms have not always been funny - many of the iconic rom coms are more like light dramas with occasional comedic moments, often coming from secondary character.

For some reason, I never watched Lifetime but just discovered it. I was like, 'Oh, it's all rom-coms!'

Though rom-coms aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I was a huge fan of 'Notting Hill.'

The rom-com genre is not something that necessarily lights my jets.

I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.

I'm probably not very good at rom-com, being funny on demand; I'll leave that to the comedians.

It's like I don't have any one genre, I guess. I think you'd be hard-pressed to get me into a rom-com, but who knows?