Autumn Reeser on Working Overtime for Hallmark's "The 27-Hour Day"

amp8220It39s gone through so many different iterations and I39m just so so happy with where we ended upamp8221 she continued amp8220Part of the reason I wanted to make it was because it39s a really personal story to me and one I related to being a girl who used to run a blog about being a busy working womanamp8221In the film Reeser portrays Lauren Garrett the owner of a profitable lifestyle brand aptly titled The 27Hour Day designed to handle lifeamp8217s daily tasks with greater efficiency Lauren has a podcast that is full of tidbits and helpful hints yet the one thing she canamp8217t prioritize is her personal lifeDesperate to expand her brand and at the suggestion of her business idol with whom she wants to work Lauren takes a weeklong trip to Meadow Lawn Retreat to unplug and reboot Without the distractions of the Apple Store she carries in her purse sheamp8217s forced to take stock of herself There she meets Jack Andrew Walker above center coowner of the retreat whoamp8217s looking to expand his brand As the two get to know one another itamp8217s clear thereamp8217s more than a friendship forming But with Lauren not about to give up her business what are the chances of anything moreamp8220This is me from my 20s and not remotely me from my 30samp8221 explained Reeser of her character amp8220I loved being a girl on the go having ideas to share with other women about how to do life more efficiently I had a blog with two friends called Move Lifestyle and it was so much fun Then I had kids discovered spirituality so many things in my life happened Much of my journey has been about learning how to be present and learning how to be a human being instead of a human doing That39s what39s happening in this story It39s really personal to me Our culture invites us as a distraction to focus on the external when the real journey is internalamp8221Reeser the mother of two admits obtaining her inner peace wasnamp8217t easy amp8220It started with the birth of my first child when I was 31amp8221 she recalled amp8220Being around children calls you to be present and that was hard for me When you39re present you feel all your feelings We don39t have support in our culture around how to do that It39s uncomfortable so we distract ourselves We selfmedicate we post on Instagram twice a day all the things we do to look like we39re living instead of actually living Finding meditation was a big part for me along with finding a spiritual community and discovering how to be with me the good and the badamp8221Despite the film39s idyllic retreat setting pulling double duty as both star and executive producer meant she didnamp8217t get the chance to fully practice what the film preaches amp8220I didnamp8217t get to relaxamp8221 she laughed amp8220But I have really good selfcare in place when I39m working now which is good as I didn39t use to Iamp8217d burn myself out over and over Now when I39m working I don39t have distractions I meditate every day don39t drink and take care of myself so that I can show up fully The hours can be long and to be fully in creative service you have to take care of your body and your soul In the mornings Iamp8217d get up and walk along the lake then hit this amazing little hiking trailamp8221One advantage to being an executive producer on the project was getting to choose her costar and while Reeser admits sheamp8217s been very lucky in that department nabbing Walker for the role of Jack was a dream amp8220From the beginning he was my No 1 choiceamp8221 she revealed amp8220We39d been looking for a movie to do together and Andrew was perfect He39s got this great rugged quality He39s authentic and I loved that his character was written as a male whoamp8217s also a nurturer We donamp8217t get to see that archetype enough and I enjoyed exploring the masculine in that way I thought Andrew would be perfect and he was Heamp8217s also a great dad to his two little boysamp8221However another costar turned out to be a real ham amp8220Oh the rescue pigamp8221 she chuckled of the piglet with whom she shares scenes amp8220We had two and they were adorable but gosh never write a pig into a script as theyamp8217re so noisy We had to voice over every scene because they chat the whole time We also had to rewrite a lot of their scenes If you39ve ever wondered if piglets like to be cuddled the answer is no We wanted to make sure they were comfortable so we kept them on the ground They were happier and maybe twopercent quieter But incorporating a rescue element into the story was importantamp8221Reeser believes viewers will relate to this movie on many levels especially the rescue element that goes beyond the piglet amp8220I think Jack rescues Laurenamp8221 she reflected amp8220And she rescues him He39s given up moving forward on something important to him but she encourages him to go after his dream and be out in the world more I loved how this Hallmark movie does things a little differentlyamp8221Next for the busy actress is a project sheamp8217s also thrilled to be a part of one that unites her with two Hallmark Channel favorite leading ladies amp8220Itamp8217s a trilogy also starring Lacey Chabert and Alison Sweeney with the working title The Wedding Veilamp8221 she shared in closing amp8220We have a wedding veil that gets passed from friend to friend so we have three different movies we are each executive producing That has been a really beautiful experienceamp8221The 27Hour Day will be telecast Saturday August 7 at 9 pm on Hallmark Channel as part of its annual Summer Nights programming eventClick the social buttons 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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