Alvina August on the Joys of Starring in the Hallmark Movie "Deliver By Christmas"

Like many of the Hallmark movie premieres leading up to the holidays Deliver by Christmas was filmed under COVID19 protocols quotWe ended up shooting in Victoria BCquot August explained quotWe were one of the first productions up and running since the pandemic began It was a whole new world with the masks and all the precautions So it was an interesting experience to have my first lead in a Hallmark movie then to have everything be so different while trying to preserve the same Christmas feeling on set with the same qualities that they39ve always hadquotOne thing that worked in Augustamp8217s favor concerning COVID filming was the script itself as her character Molly gets to know and grows fond of single father Josh Bailey via a series of phone calls quotIt39s the phone conversations that start our relationshipquot she said quotIt might have been art imitating life but thatamp8217s how it worked out We werenamp8217t put in any situation where we didn39t feel safe and honestly they did everything to ensure that the production ran smoothly and that everyone was adapting as best as we could given the new situations Everyone was so happy to be back at work We all just wanted to make something amazing and it was even more important to do that for this time of yearquotEion and I knew this movie was quite special in that we wouldn39t really have any scenes in person until the end of the moviequot she continued quotSo the first thing we did was talk on the phone just like the characters Often when you39re talking on a phone someone is delivering the lines on the other end of the conversation We made sure that it was the two of us on the phone each time In every single scene we are talking it is me on the other end or him We made sure to be there for each other to create and make sure that the chemistry was continuous and that it was conveyed and didn39t feel awkward in any way We made it our mission Offscreen our relationship developed over the telephone as much as it did onscreen That was just true to lifequotThe casting of her character39s sister Jane also came as a pleasant surprise to August when the role went to Nadeen Lightbody quotWe totally auditioned in two different cities for these rolesquot she laughed quotWe39re good friends So being cast together was crazy Weamp8217ve gone out and friends would say 39You guys look like sisters39 Weamp8217d laugh and be like 39Maybe we could play sisters at some point in our careers who knows39 Then this happened The chemistry you see rings true as itamp8217s real We even offered the props department some real pictures of us together for scenes in her house so there39s a bunch of pictures of us that weren39t photoshopped togetherquotThere was one more reallife parallel in the film that really hit home for August With both characters experiencing loss it raises the question of taking a leap of faith to find happiness That39s something her mother did when August was 17 and moved the family from Zimbabwe to Canada with dreams of a different life quotMy mom was the brave one who left her family left everything she knew and moved halfway across the world to an entirely new culturequot she recalled quotShe did it for me and she39s my biggest hero We watch Christmas movies all the time so for her to see this is amazing The bravery that she had is paying off in this amazing way through my life and my story I couldnamp8217t have written it better myselfquotAugust is currently keeping herself busy with a few new projects but those will be on hold this weekend as she livetweets with Hallmarkies across the country during the movie39s premiere quotIamp8217m looking forward to connecting with the fans and opening up conversationsquot she laughed in closing quotIamp8217d love to continue to work with Hallmark I love the network and I love their message of family and love It just feels good you know It feels really goodamp8221Deliver by Christmas will premiere Sunday October 25 at 10 pm on Hallmark Movies ampamp Mysteries as a part of the networkamp8217s Miracles of Christmas 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 writers

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