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 performing 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 solid of Vacation Landing hopes that Swifties, who make up one of many largest fandoms on the planet, will love the romance movie as properly — and never solely simply due to Taylor Swift’s relationship with Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce.
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TooFab spoke with solid 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 12 months” contest for her household of Chiefs superfans for Christmas. Alongside the best way, she finds herself falling in love with Derrick (Hynes), the Director of Fan Engagement for the group.
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 consider followers will adore it.
“They may [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 lovable and incredible. And she or he’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 believe that we as a collective — and I say we as a result of I’m a Swiftie — I believe that Swiftie’s core values additionally align with Hallmark and the Chiefs. You already know, Taylor is such a tremendous position mannequin for actually anyone of any age of simply the best way to conduct your self and simply placing household first and simply self-respect,” she continued. “And there [are] simply so many issues that she would convey to the desk. And I believe that they are gonna really feel that in our film of all of the superb qualities that she shows, I believe that Hallmark brings to the desk. And I believe that they are gonna really feel that from us.”
Value shared comparable sentiments whereas talking with TooFab alongside Bader and Begley Jr.
“I believe Taylor Swift’s entire message is positivity, inclusion, and household,” she stated. “I imply the entire thing. I believe it very a lot suits the vibe.”
Begley Jr., in the meantime, took a second to throw within the unbelievable proven fact that he is beforehand shared the display 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 stunning woman. She performed my daughter in a film known as Amsterdam, and I may inform you firsthand, she was a stunning, beautiful woman,” Begley Jr. stated. “Very skilled, massively proficient in fact. However I’ve by no means met anyone nicer on a set.”
“Ed is the one individual on this panel who has performed Phrases with Pals with Taylor Swift,” Value shared, to which Begley Jr. added, “She’s superb on the sport, by the best way, as you’d anticipate.”
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In the meantime, the celebrities additionally praised working with Donna Kelce on Vacation Landing, calling the mother of Travis and Jason Kelce’s performing chops “unbelievable.” Donna made her performing debut on one other Hallmark vacation football-themed movie, Christmas On Name, which aired final week.
“She gave us performing ideas,” Hynes stated. “Donna is past her years by way of her performing 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 had been doing it. She was a professional. I used to be simply drowning. And she or he was the very best. She is an unbelievable human being. I do not understand how she manages to take action many issues, together with this film. It has been loopy to look at.”
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 you can hear my heartbeat normally, … on the mic, they’ll 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 carried out a film earlier than.”
“So I went again and I used to be like, ‘Here is the deal. There’s an X the place your mark is. Do not be nervous.’ And she or he goes, ‘I am not nervous!” she recalled, to which Begley Jr. added, “She’s very digital camera savvy. Very sound savvy. All the things.”
“She was high quality,” Bader stated, earlier than Value agreed, “She wanted no ideas.”
“She did not need assistance from us,” Begley Jr. concluded.
See extra from the solid 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
