India, Aug. 12 -- From high school love letters to heavy artillery, Noah Centineo is trading rom-com charm for raw combat grit. The To All the Boys I've Loved Before star has allegedly been tapped to play a young John Rambo in John Rambo, a prequel to the iconic action franchise Rambo. According to Deadline, Sisu director Jalmari Helander will helm the project, with a script from writing duo Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani. The plot is under wraps, but the film will explore Rambo's origin story during the Vietnam War - before the headband, the muscle, and the one-man war.

The casting has left fans somewhere between shocked, excited, and deeply sceptical. "Go watch The Recruit on Netflix, this kid is terrific. Reminds me of a young Mark...