Hunter King, Tyler Hynes, Ed Begley Jr., Diedrich Bader, and Megyn Value additionally open up about working with Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce, praising her appearing within the movie, which is a partnership between Hallmark, the NFL, and the Chiefs.
Hallmark Channel is thought for its vacation romance movies, however what occurs once they take their beloved signature system up a notch and add within the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs?
Enter Vacation Landing: A Chiefs Love Story, which brings two passionate fan bases collectively: Hallmark Christmas followers and Chiefs Kingdom. And the forged of Vacation Landing hopes that Swifties, who make up one of many largest fandoms on this planet, will love the romance movie as effectively — and never solely simply due to Taylor Swift’s relationship with Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce.
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TooFab spoke with forged members Hunter King, Tyler Hynes, Ed Begley Jr., Diedrich Bader, and Megyn Value on the movie’s junket. The group opened up about engaged on the Hallmark vacation movie, which is a partnership with the community, the NFL, and the Chiefs.
The movie follows Chiefs superfan Alana (King), who tries to win the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs “Fan of the Yr” contest for her household of Chiefs superfans for Christmas. Alongside the way in which, she finds herself falling in love with Derrick (Hynes), the Director of Fan Engagement for the staff.
The film — which shot a number of scenes at Arrowhead Stadium — additionally options Jenna Bush Hager, coach Andy Reid, many Chiefs gamers, and none aside from Travis Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce.
When requested how they suppose Swift and Kelce’s followers will react to Vacation Landing, King and Hynes informed TooFab they imagine followers will find it irresistible.
“They are going to [enjoy it],” stated Hynes, 38. “[Kelce’s] mother Donna’s in it. Are you aware what I imply? And when she’s in it, it is like you possibly can’t assist however fall in love with the entire thing. She’s simply so enjoyable and lovely and improbable. And he or she’s received some scenes in there. She’s, like, doing her factor.”
“She’s so, so charming in it,” King, 31, agreed, earlier than sharing why she believes Swifties will benefit from the movie.
“I feel that we as a collective — and I say we as a result of I’m a Swiftie — I feel that Swiftie’s core values additionally align with Hallmark and the Chiefs. You realize, Taylor is such a tremendous position mannequin for actually anyone of any age of simply how you can conduct your self and simply placing household first and simply self-respect,” she continued. “And there [are] simply so many issues that she would carry to the desk. And I feel that they are gonna really feel that in our film of all of the wonderful qualities that she shows, I feel that Hallmark brings to the desk. And I feel that they are gonna really feel that from us.”
Value shared comparable sentiments whereas talking with TooFab alongside Bader and Begley Jr.
“I feel Taylor Swift’s entire message is positivity, inclusion, and household,” she stated. “I imply the entire thing. I feel it very a lot suits the vibe.”
Begley Jr., in the meantime, took a second to throw within the unbelievable indisputable fact that he is beforehand shared the display screen with Swift when the 2 labored collectively on the 2022 movie, Amsterdam. And never solely that, they performed Phrases with Pals collectively!
“She was a beautiful woman. She performed my daughter in a film known as Amsterdam, and I may inform you firsthand, she was a beautiful, pretty woman,” Begley Jr. stated. “Very skilled, massively gifted in fact. However I’ve by no means met anyone nicer on a set.”
“Ed is the one particular person on this panel who has performed Phrases with Pals with Taylor Swift,” Value shared, to which Begley Jr. added, “She’s superb on the recreation, by the way in which, as you’ll anticipate.”
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In the meantime, the celebs additionally praised working with Donna Kelce on Vacation Landing, calling the mother of Travis and Jason Kelce’s appearing chops “unbelievable.” Donna made her appearing debut on one other Hallmark vacation football-themed movie, Christmas On Name, which aired final week.
“She gave us appearing ideas,” Hynes stated. “Donna is past her years by way of her appearing profession. We did a scene collectively, her first scene, I could not bear in mind my traces for the lifetime of me, of the primary few takes we have been doing it. She was a professional. I used to be simply drowning. And he or she was one of the best. She is an unbelievable human being. I do not know the way she manages to take action many issues, together with this film. It has been loopy to observe.”
Echoing her costar’s phrases, King known as Donna “such a pure.”
“I have been doing this for some time,” she continued, “and it doesn’t matter what set it’s, each first scene of any film I do, the primary scene, I am all the time so, so deeply nervous which you can hear my heartbeat normally, … on the mic, they will hear on the comms. Like, ‘We will hear a heartbeat.’ And I am simply freaking out inside. And Donna simply walked in, simply cool as a cucumber. If she was nervous, you by no means would’ve identified. She simply, she nailed it. She was unbelievable.”
In the meantime, Value admitted that she was initially “fearful” about Donna as a result of she “did not know she’d completed a film earlier than.”
“So I went again and I used to be like, ‘This is the deal. There’s an X the place your mark is. Do not be nervous.’ And he or she goes, ‘I am not nervous!” she recalled, to which Begley Jr. added, “She’s very digital camera savvy. Very sound savvy. Every part.”
“She was fantastic,” Bader stated, earlier than Value agreed, “She wanted no ideas.”
“She did not need assistance from us,” Begley Jr. concluded.
See extra from the forged of Vacation Landing within the movies, above!
Vacation Landing: A Chiefs Love Story premieres on November 30 at 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel
