How To Date Billy Walsh stars include Nick Frost, Guz Khan and Lucy Punch

Nick Frost, Guz Khan and Lucy Punch are among the stars of a new British high school romcom movie now being filmed.

How To Date Billy Walsh is being made for Amazon’s Prime Video and stars Sebastian Croft and Charithra Chandran as best friends Archie and Amelia. Archie has been in love with Amelia for as long as he can remember, but their friendship is put to the test when she falls for American transfer student Billy Walsh. The title role will be played by Tanner Buchanan, best known as Robby Keene in Cobra Kai.

Further cast includes Kunal Nayyar, who played Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory.

Producer Matt Williams, chief executive of Future Artists Entertainment, said: ‘How To Date Billy Walsh is such an exciting film to be making with Prime Video. This is an opportunity to create a new instalment in the high school romcom genre but completely refresh it with a unique British sense of humour. It’s elevated by the amazing team we’ve managed to gather both in front and behind the camera.’

And Tushar Jindal, head of film acquisition at Prime Video UK said: ‘How To Date Billy Walsh features an incredibly exciting, young and diverse cast that have already made a mark internationally.’

The movie is directed by Alex Sanjiv Pillai, whose credits include Bridgerton, from a script by Alexander J. Farrell and Greer Ellison.

Published: 25 Aug 2022