Dan Jeannotte of "Paris, Wine & Romance" on Hallmark Movie Stardom

quotThis was my first Hallmark movie and that feels greatquot he continued amp160quotHaving been on Good Witch I39ve felt like a part of the extended family amp160A lot of my actor friends have done Hallmark movies and I39d heard they were great funamp160 That was true of my experience tooamp160 I39m looking forward to surprising the fans when they find out I39m not actually FrenchquotIn fact for Jeannotte who also starred on The CW39s Reign from 201617 being a Hallmark lead may have been preordained amp160quotThis may be just a happy coincidence but having now done this movie I think I39m the fifth person from that showamp8217s cast to become the romantic interest in a Hallmark movieamp160 Iamp8217m not sure why those two worlds cross over but since then I39ve been told I39ll definitely get to do anotheramp160 Iamp8217m just waiting for that callquotIn the film Jeannotte stars as renowned vintner Jacques Fournier who hailing from one of the worldamp8217s foremost winemaking families is no stranger to receiving gold labels at the annual Le Grand Prix De Vins Du Monde a prestigious wine competition amp160Enter Isabella Ricci Lilley the ambitious owner of the Oregonbased Ricci Ridge Winery eager to take her product to a global level amp160While in Paris for the competition Isabella encounters Jacques whoamp8217s instantly impressed by her eagerness and offers his help to open many closed doors for the newcomer amp160As the duo bond and doors begin opening their hearts quickly followFor Jeannotte getting to work with a Hallmark veteran like Lilley was the perfect way to launch his Hallmark movie career amp160quotI was brought on kind of latequot he shared amp160amp8220I think I read the script maybe a week and a half before we started shooting amp160Jen was already attachedamp160 Weamp8217d never met but I saw she had done a ton of Hallmark movies and they usually have to be made pretty quickly amp160It was nice to know that Jen being a veteran and a professional would be someone good at her jobquotBut you never know if you39re going to get alongquot he added amp160quotLuckily for us we did amp160I basically met Jen on the setamp160 She shook my hand and said 39Hello I39m Jen I39m five and a half months pregnant39 amp160That I didn39t know amp160We shared many jokes offcamera about how romantic this movie was and she39s already pregnant amp160The fact she39s already a mom to her foster boys and I39m a dad to a threeandahalfyearold it was really nice to have someone to connect with about family and how tough it was being away from our families for three weeksamp160 We had each other to commiserate withquotNot that either actor really had much to complain about after all they were shooting in Paris except for maybe those cobblestoned streets amp160quotJen would do 14hourdays walking in heels on those streetsquot Jeannotte explained amp160quotIt was really impressive that she was doing all of this and creating life amp160Jen isn39t one to make a fuss about herself so I39d check in constantly and try to be her righthand man and make sure she was taken care ofquotThe project also posed Jeannotte with a challenge amp160quotI speak French but the idea of doing a French accent was one of the biggest question marks for mequot he revealed amp160quotNobody thought to ask if I could do a French accent although I knew I could amp160Still speaking French with an English accent are two completely different things amp160I39m from Montramp233al which gave me an advantage but the French spoken in Quamp233bec is very different from France amp160The trick was not to make it a caricature as the romantic lead it canamp8217t sound cartoonishquotIn addition to a great love story Jeannotte is thrilled for Hallmarkies to embark on a firsthand sightseeing tour of some notable Paris landmarks likeamp160Sacramp233 Coeur the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame amp160quotThe news of Notre Dame was devastatingquot he said of the recent fire that ravaged the famed structure amp160quotWe were just there a week and a half before so it was a little like an out of body experience watching the news amp160I asked the director if there was any conversation about removing the scene and because it wasn39t destroyed the network felt it wasn39t inappropriate to show it amp160If anything it lets people see that beautiful place in a nicer moment amp160It39s a nice memory as we may have been one of the last film crews to shoot there before the firequotParis Wine ampamp Romance will be telecast Saturday May 4 at 9 pm on Hallmark Channel as part of their annual Countdown to Summer programming eventClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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