Autumn Reeser on Her Change of Pace Role in "A Bramble House Christmas"

In the film Reeser plays Willa Fairchild a single mom and healthcare worker who finds herself a beneficiary in a benevolent patient39s will amp160In addition to money she quotinheritsquot the opportunity to spend Christmas at the stately Victorian Bramble House in Oregon amp160While there Willa and her son Scout Liam Hughes pictured below with Reeser encounter the charming Finn Knightly David HaydnJones amp160All seems above board with their newfound friend but Knightly has a secret amp160He39s concealing his true identity and has ulterior motives for their amp8220coincidentalamp8221 meetingquotIt was nice to be out of a wedding dress for a changeamp8221 laughed Reeser of the role amp160amp8220In I Do I Do I Do I got married over and over againamp160 I think I wore five wedding dresses in that one alone amp160This one is a little more serious and has almost a Merchant Ivory feel to it a calmer pace while still sweetly romanticquotIt does deal with some darker themes like death and lossquot she continued amp160quotBut it is more about the hope that comes after amp160There isnamp8217t an actual funeral scene I think those are banned in all Christmas movies by Hallmarkamp160 Those are the rules so we are keeping it lightamp8221Also keeping things light during the July shoot in Canada was costar David HaydnJones whom Reeser refers to as a delight amp160quotDavid is just lovely and we got along so wellquot she said amp160quotHe did a movie with my friend Danica McKellar amp160She texted me when she found out about our movie to say how much she knew we would enjoy working together amp160These movies have very long hours so it really helps if you get along with your costar especially when you39re doing a lot of emotional workquotLike many actors in the stable of beloved Hallmark stars Reeser sees the similarities between the network and the Hollywood system of yoreamp160 quotThey do use a lot of the same people and I think they know that the people theyamp160are using are good people and will probably be able to communicateamp8221 she explainedamp160 amp8220That is where a lot of chemistry comes fromquotIf Hallmark leading man Paul Greene is the Cary Grant of the network where might Reeser fit in the hierarchy amp160quotI try for being the Katharine Hepburnquot she laughed amp160quotCan I sign up for that amp160Director Ron Oliver who I39ve done a few of these movies with calls me the Audrey Hepburn of Hallmark so it dependsquotIt39s hard to imagine that 12 years have passed since television viewers were first introduced to Reeser as Taylor Townsend on Fox39s sudser The OC amp160Since then the actress continues to be an onscreen chameleon with her choice of roles amp160It39s that conscious decision on her part that continues to make her so engaging amp160quotThe characters I play tend to be strong in different ways but I enjoy mixing it upquot she said amp160quotLike doing the action movie Kill 39em All with JeanClaude Van Dam last yearamp160 I was looking to do an action movie as it was something I hadn39t done before amp160That39s usually what draws me to a projectquotReeser explained that her latest Hallmark character definitely fell into that category amp160amp8220Willa is very opposite to other characters I39ve played in the last yearamp8221 she saidamp160 amp8220She39s romantic soft and extremely feminine which was a good contrast to all these other recent characters amp160I just did a movie called Valley of Bones where I play an exconvict paleontologist and in the E series The Arrangement I play a very direct woman publicist Leslie Bellcamp who39s not afraid of conflict amp160Willa is an amazing mother and a caretaker to everyone around heramp8221While Bramble House may provide a Hallmark departure for Reeser rest assured she hasn39t quite hung up her wedding dresses for good amp160amp8220Iamp8217m producing the next movie I39m doing for Hallmark and there will be a wedding in that oneamp8221 she saidamp8220Producing is something new for me and something I39ve been trying to move towards in the last yearquot she continuedamp160 amp8220I39m really excited about stepping into a different role amp160I39ve been in this business for 20 years now and I finally feel like I have my feet on the groundamp160 I know what I39m doing and I39m excited to learn morequotA Bramble House Christmas premieres Sunday at 9 pm on Hallmark Movies ampamp MysteriesClick 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 writersamp160amp160

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