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Matt Cornett couldn’t wait to bring viewers to Barry’s Bay.

The 27-year-old actor stars as Sam Florek in Prime Video’s latest romance adaptation, Every Year After. The series, based on Carley Fortune’s beloved book Every Summer After, explores first love, all-consuming heartbreak, regret and second chances — all set in a quaint Canadian lake town. Naturally, for Cornett, it was a no-brainer.

“The second I read the book I thought, ‘There’s nothing about this that I could ever possibly say no to,’” Cornett tells The Hollywood Reporter on a recent Zoom.

For the actor, who started in Disney’s High School Musical television series, Every Year After is the chance for his romantic leading man moment. “I look at Ryan Gosling and just love everything that man does,” says Cornett. “This is my Ryan Gosling moment.”