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Mario Lopez to play KFC's Colonel Sanders in Lifetime romance movie

Mario Lopez will play KFC's longtime mascot Colonel Sanders in a steamy Lifetime channel holiday romance, as marketing and entertainment converge to boost sales of the chain's fried chicken.

  (Reuters)
Los Angeles, United States
Tue, December 8, 2020

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Mario Lopez to play KFC's Colonel Sanders in Lifetime romance movie Mario Lopez speaks onstage during Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. presented by Triller at Staples Center on November 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (AFP/Joe Scarnici )

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ario Lopez will play KFC's longtime mascot Colonel Sanders in a steamy Lifetime channel holiday romance, the companies said on Monday, as marketing and entertainment converge to boost sales of the chain's fried chicken.

A Recipe for Seduction tells the story of a young chef with a secret fried chicken recipe who disrupts a woman's plan to marry off her heiress daughter to a handpicked suitor.

Read also: KFC announces plans to use 3D bioprinting process to make chicken nuggets

Lopez, known for his role in the TV series Saved by the Bell and as a host of entertainment news show Extra, is featured in the film poster clad in Sanders' trademark white shirt, black tie, glasses and goatee and clutching a young woman in a red dress.

KFC, a unit of Yum! Brands Inc, urged viewers to curl up with a bucket of chicken to watch the 15-minute film, which will debut on the Lifetime cable network on Dec. 13.

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