Netflix’s rom-com The Wrong Paris, which began streaming Sept. 12, 2025, features Pierson Fodé as Trey McAllen, the season’s bachelor in a fictional, Bachelor-style dating show that lures contestants with the promise of Paris — only the production is staged in Paris, Texas.
Fodé, 33, plays the cowboy romantic lead opposite Miranda Cosgrove’s Dawn, an aspiring artist who accepts a spot on the show to pay for travel and tuition to art school. Directed by Janeen Damian from a Nicole Henrich screenplay, the film uses the reality-show setup to drive a fish-out-of-water comedy and romantic plotline in which Dawn must navigate a contract she cannot break and a very appealing Honey named Trey.
A native of a small town in Washington, Fodé moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to pursue acting. His earliest on-screen work included a nonverbal background appearance opposite Cosgrove on a 2012 Halloween episode of iCarly, a fact both actors have noted as a serendipitous connection. “When he first came to L.A. to act — I think he was like 14 or 15 — [iCarly] was the first part that he booked,” Cosgrove told Decider. “This is the first time we’ve met up again and talked since. It just felt like a full circle moment.”
Fodé built his résumé with recurring and daytime-television roles, including Brooks Wentworth III on Disney Channel’s Jessie and a three-year run as Thomas Forrester on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2015 to 2018. He later appeared in small roles in feature films such as The Man from Toronto (2022) and 72 Hours (2024). The Wrong Paris marks his first leading romantic role in a studio feature film.
Cosgrove praised Fodé’s on- and off-screen support during production, telling Decider that he helped with horseback riding and lassoing techniques because he grew up on a ranch. That practical familiarity with ranch life informed his portrayal of Trey, who is presented as a charismatic, physically imposing contestant and an object of Dawn’s reluctant attraction.
The film’s premise centers on the contractual and geographic deception: contestants are told they will film in Paris, France, but production takes place in Paris, Texas, with the associated prize money used to fund Dawn’s education. The setup allows the film to play with genre conventions of romantic comedies and reality-dating shows while foregrounding the lead actors’ chemistry.
Fodé’s casting fits a longer trajectory from teen television and daytime drama to feature leads that several actors have followed in recent years. He has additional projects lined up; he is set to appear in the Hulu movie Swiped alongside Lily James and Dan Stevens.
The Wrong Paris arrives as streaming platforms continue to invest in light romantic comedies and star-driven fare. For Fodé, the film represents a transition from supporting television and action roles to a studio romantic lead, and his performance will likely shape opportunities that follow. Critical and audience responses to the film and Fodé’s breakout as a romantic lead will emerge in the days and weeks after the Netflix release.