The trailer for “The Perfect Guy” has debuted with screams of excitement coming from ladies everywhere! The sexy thriller starring Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy and Morris Chestnut seems like it would be the perfect steamy movie for the summer, but sadly we have to wait until its release date of September 11.
The always sexy Ealy has been moving away from his lover boy roles recently by playing a psychotic killer on the Fox series show The Following. We’re about to be even more disturbed by Ealy as he plays dream man turned nightmare in the upcoming film The Perfect Guy. Sanaa Lathan plays successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn. Vaughn throws herself in to a passionate relationship with Carter Duncan (played by Ealy) who seems like the perfect guy.
After Carter shows his real self to Vaughn by brutally beating a stranger, she needs to rethink if she left her ex too soon and got too hot to quick with Carter. When Vaughn realizes that she belongs in the arms of her ex-boyfriend, Carter dangerously stalks her and threatens her life.
Sanaa Lathan had this to say about her usually charming co-star “You’ll see what a fine actor Michael Ealy is because you’re going to wind up hating his guts.” I’m certainly up for the challenge because after all, how could you hate Mr. Ealy?
The movie touches on the important topic of domestic violence and stalking. In the movie, Carter threatens and harasses Vaughn just enough to not do anything illegal and have the cops intervene. This is something thousands of women experience every year and it’s great this movie is bringing attention to it.
Actress Sanaa Lathan actually experienced her own real life stalking incident in 2014 and said she could completely relate to the actions that Leah takes. “There is something about finally taking the leap and finding all the strength to do it, no matter how scary,” says Lathan.
What part of the movie was the most disturbing to Ealy? It’s the scene at the very end of the trailer where Ealy is hiding directly under the bed beneath Lathan. “I was creeped out by that moment,” says Ealy. “That was awful for me.” Normally, women would love to have Mr. Ealy in their bed, but under it? Yeah, that shit is creepy.
Although the film is clearly not an erotic thriller, the trailer clearly gives up the goods that there will be a steamy love scene between Ealy and Lathan. There might even be some romantic “aww” moments between Lathan and Chestnut.
The most surprising part of the film takes place when Ealy’s character Carter beats up an innocent man who simply asked to take a picture of his car. It’s unexpected and intense. I’m sure someone will complain there’s no trigger warning for this film, but hell, this entire trailer is a trigger warning. I have a feeling though that Lathan’s character Vaughn does not play the victim for long and there’s some exceptional ass kicking scenes coming our way.
The Perfect Guy hits theaters September 11, 2015.