Emily Osment Comes to Hallmark as Star and EP of "Christmas Wonderland"

amp8220I knew they were also interested in having Ryan Rottman on board to costaramp8221 she continued amp160amp8220I know Ryan as we run in the same circles and I follow him on Instagram amp160We had so much fun working together and the crew was wonderful So getting out of Dodge for a minute felt really good plus it was a sweet script I got to work with some cool kids and have a glitter fight amp160It was a good timeamp8221In Christmas Wonderland Osment stars as Heidi Nelson an artist living in New York with dreams of painting amp160While her art dealer job places her firmly in the art world her hometown of Pleasant Valley Pennsylvania is never too far from her heart amp160Nor is Chris Shepherd Rottman the high school sweetheart she left behind amp160When her sister suddenly has to leave town Heidi jumps at the chance to chaperone her niece and nephew Katie and Tom and heads home amp160While there she is enlisted to help plan their schoolamp8217s Christmas Snowball dance chaired by none other than Chris whoamp8217s now a teacher amp160As the couple attempts to resolve past issues Heidi finds herself torn between her new life in the Big Apple and the one she left behindquotI think Pleasant Valley holds a special place in her heart and she remembers being there as a utopian time in her lifequot Osment said of the character amp160quotAll she wanted out of life was there she was going to become an artist marry Chris and then she left it all amp160Going back I think she realizes this is who she wanted to be and should be so it39s easy for her to fit back into life thereamp160 Itamp8217s where she belongsquotOsment found it easy to fit into the character given they both share a love of attention to detail amp160quotI am a little OCD about thatquot she laughed amp160quotNot necessarily about neatness but I recently had my kitchen remodeled and some of the knobs aren39t level amp160It drives me out of my mind amp160Every day I39m like amp8216Argggh amp160The knobs againamp8217 amp160And like Heidi all the pictures in my home are incredibly levelquotThe film also provided Osment with the rare opportunity to play an older character and be an executive producer both big draws to doing the movieamp160 quotI liked that Heidi is olderamp8221 she saidamp160 amp8220It was fun to play amp160I look young and tend to get cast playing youngamp160 And if someone had told me at 16 that I39d be executive producing at 26 I would have probably said 39yeah39quot she added with a laugh amp160quotNot many people on set knew I was amp160I39d have strong opinions and people would ask amp8216Who is this girlamp8217 amp160I39d explain that I am involved in this take off one cap and put the other cap on amp160When Sean Olson the director realized this he said amp8216Oh you can fire me amp160I said amp8216I can but I won39tamp8217 as he was a fantastic director amp160I liked that EP hat a lotamp160 It fits well amp160I have an opinion on everything anyway so it felt good to have someone listenamp8221When it comes to Hannah Montana Osment is surprised by the passage of timeamp160 quotIt was like 14 years agoamp8221 she recalled amp160amp8220We were in a vacuum shooting the show and there wasn39t a lot of social media then amp160It was only after a couple of seasons we realized it was a big deal amp160I look back and I had such gusto and was so brazen never really caring what anyone thought amp160I forget how freeing that is amp160It was a fun time though and I learned so muchquotOsment is thrilled Christmas Wonderland provides a preview of the new music sheamp8217s working on with her band Bluebird amp160amp8220It39s been about 10 years since I39ve done music and wanted to reopen that dooramp8221 she said with a smile amp160amp8220Having my song amp8216Honey Heartbreakeramp8217 in it was important to me as itamp8217s very differentamp8221Sheamp8217s looking forward to a continued association with Hallmark and itamp8217s loyal following but donamp8217t expect an onscreen pairing with her older brother Haley Joel to happen anytime soon amp160amp8220We haven39t worked together and we talk about it occasionallyamp8221 she laughed amp160amp8220I want him to write something as he39s a fantastic writer but I don39t think we could do a Hallmark movie together amp160We juggle being brother and sister in real life barely and we are a lot to handleamp160 So shooting a movie together we might kill each otheramp8221Click 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 writersChristmas Wonderland will be telecast Saturday December 1 atamp1609 pm on Hallmark Movies ampamp Mysteries as part its Miracles of Christmas programming eventamp160

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