In recent years, Hallmark movies have grown in prominence and popularity on cable, which is no mean feat given the current landscape and changes in streaming. The network is no stranger to controversy and has recently become a supporting diversity castings and LGBTQ+ stories . Yet, there’s still a perception that the cable is “worded,” so much so that network spunk Lacey Chabert was asked directly about the concept in a recent interview. However, she somehow rejects him.
In fact, Lacey Chabert points out that while her films may be funny in some ways, feature love stories, and run the same amount of time (for commercial breaks, of course), there’s more. When asked about the formula, Vulture points to the diversity of films he’s made in recent years as evidence that Hallmark is trying to push a little more different genres.
“Haul Out the Holly” was a comedy. It’s not something we would have done online a few years ago. Last year I made a film called ‘Sweet Carolina’, in which my character’s sister suddenly passes by and discovers that she is the guardian of her nephew and her niece. It was something deeper that she had wanted to do for a long time. A more exciting story, if you will.
If you watched Chabert’s Hallmark Christmas movie this year, you might have noticed take out the holly it really dabbled in comedy in a way that most of Hallmark’s other big movies don’t. There’s a whole subplot involving a neighborhood watch committee monitoring the size of people’s Christmas nutcrackers in their backyards. Is laughing out loud funny? Maybe not, but it’s still a storyline that makes me laugh months later.
Of course, the public take out the holly it can be similar to the audience for the much more emotional part my dear Caroline (about an aunt who raises her sister’s kids after her sudden death), but Lacey Chabert says she’s always looking for ways to make her characters and stories different, even if people talk about the “formula.” .
People talk about his formula or some of the things we’re trying to achieve, but it works really well. My job is to shock the audience a bit and try to find a different way to enter this story. I try to make the characters as human as possible, or to create a character that the audience can relate to. I hope it’s a little different from the last one I played.
She’s also becoming more involved with Hallmark, as a producer and creator of the channel. She actually passed her last year Bride veil film trilogy, then tackled an entire trilogy of subsequent films. (Take that sad!) Note that the 2023 film series really allowed her and her castmates Autumn Reeser and Alison Sweeney to tackle stories outside of the cute meet and chaste first kiss. In Expectations for the bridal veilThere are even scenes with Chabert and main man Kevin McGarry in bed as a married couple, which is quite original compared to the stories the network has followed in the past.
I think we’re allowed to take our storytelling out of the box it’s been in. “The Wedding Veil” is the first time they’ve done a true back-to-back trilogy, and now we get to see these characters again. Often these movies end with people falling in love: the kiss or the quick wedding scene. With ‘The Wedding Veil’ movies, we see what these characters are like in love, in a relationship, and in real life together. It doesn’t have the beautiful encounter: you see two people who already love each other within a marriage. What kind of challenges does it bring you? We see the three brides’ relationships in more depth: all three are married and going in different directions; How has this affected your friendship?
Lacey Chabert isn’t the only Hallmark star openly aware of critics. Ryan Paevey slammed Hallmark for being ‘repetitive’ some time ago with A timeless Christmas star stating that the network is indeed trying to change perceptions by “embracing a wider range of content and themes to better reflect real life.” Even star Nikki DeLoach recently commented to clarify that Hallmark tells “bigger, deeper, richer stories.” So despite being aware of what some critics might be saying, the stars leading the way in network movies have seemingly embraced the new era of storytelling.
Chabert has said in the past that fans come up to her at events and tell her how “uplifting” Hallmark is to them. It’s something that he clearly resonated with her, he called it the “most rewarding” part of being associated with the network, and it’s probably one of the main reasons she’s stayed with the network so long, since her first movie . elevator girl. There’s just more to come, and we’ll let you know the next time the mom of one has a big project coming up.
Source: Cinemablend
