Blast from the previous! The Hallmark Channel is residence to heartwarming tales and vacation hits — however do you bear in mind the entire community’s largest stars through the years?
A-listers together with Mandy Moore, Meghan Markle and the late Luke Perry have been a part of the Crown Media Household community. Christopher Lloyd, Chad Michael Murray and Carrie Fisher are additionally among the many listing of celebs who’ve made cameos on the long-running channel.
In 2013, Moore starred alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Andy Garcia within the tear-jerking movie Christmas in Conway, which had an impact on the A Stroll to Keep in mind actress.
“I like that this story is watching the journey of this couple and this form of eternal love. To me, being such a romantic, the final word gesture of what Duncan (Garcia) does for Suzy (Parker),” Moore teased throughout an on-set interview in October 2013. “You possibly can’t assist however fall in love with that gesture.”
Within the film, Duncan builds a Ferris wheel in his yard to offer his spouse, Suzy, one final magical Christmas earlier than she dies. Through the movie, Duncan buts heads with nurse Natalie (Moore), who has been employed to make Suzy’s closing months extra bearable.
“I’m such a romantic and I’m such a sap and I’m so delicate and I’ll cry on the drop of the hat. And having to play the function of a nurse, clearly, it’s her job to maintain it collectively,” the Tangled star defined. “In scenes with Andy … it’s been exhausting, as a result of I’m often the one who’s like, ‘OK, that is after I’m going to cry.’ And I don’t even give it some thought. It’s actually shifting and it’s actually stunning.”
Perry, for his half, appeared in a collection of Westerns for Hallmark earlier than starring in a romantic movie. The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum reunited together with his former costar Jason Priestley for 2011’s Good Night time for Justice, which was one in every of three cowboy films during which he portrayed John Goodnight.
“Jason Priestley is the director of this film as a result of I belief him. We’ve been searching for a possibility to do one thing collectively,” Perry mentioned throughout an on-set interview in January 2011. “It’s type of the closest I can come to directing it with out directing it. I’ve such a superb shorthand with J and I belief that the alternatives he’s going to make are acceptable.”
The previous Riverdale star, who died in March 2019 at age 52, added: “We haven’t at all times agreed on the whole lot, it’s simply not the character of it. It by no means has been. Jason and I’ve at all times gotten alongside rather well however we don’t at all times agree. You conform to disagree and also you’re skilled and you progress on from it. He’s very gifted. I prefer to work with him.”
Priestley, for his half, gushed over working with Perry as soon as once more, saying, “He and I labored collectively for therefore lengthy. I’ve already directed him for therefore lengthy in so many episodes of our present. Luke and I’ve such an incredible shorthand already.”
The Personal Eyes alum continued: “I actually solely must say little or no to him. His preparation and his readiness to carry out all day, daily, as a result of he’s in nearly each scene of this film, has been completely phenomenal.”
Scroll right down to see what stars you could have forgotten had been in Hallmark films through the years:
