Penn softball hits the red carpet

If you hadn't already made plans to see the new romantic comedy "How Do You Know" this weekend, you might want to start right now. Two former Penn softball players acted in the film, which stars Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd. And they were accompanied by former Princeton and Columbia players, and a Harvard assistant coach as well.

Christina Khosravi (class of 2008 and 2006 Ivy Player of the Year) and Kaelin Ainley (class of '07) were both extras playing members of the USA softball team. The movie, in which Witherspoon plays a former professional softball player and Owen Wilson plays a Washington Nationals reliever, debuts tonight.

According to this article from the Ivy League, which chronicles the entire movie-making event, the two former Quakers were told about the opportunity to try out by none other than coach Leslie King.

"To see that woman's softball is getting the recognition it deserves is a testament to how hard both former and current players are working in building the image of not only softball but woman's sports as a whole," Khosravi told the Ivy League. "It was awesome to see the time and effort it takes to film just a 30-second scene, to be on set with the director and to hear how direction is given and taken."

In the interest of full disclosure, I'll add that I am a Nationals fan and I am not a romantic comedy fan. You'll have to head to theaters this weekend if you want to see whether Khosravi and Ainley's scenes made the final cut and whether Paul Rudd gets the girl.