Brooke Elliott Returns to Lifetime Alongside Brandon Quinn and Danny Pintauro in "A Country Christmas Harmony"

quotIt was the most joyous thing they could have saidquot she added quotThey went out to Brandon and I just had to pray that he wanted to do it with mequotquotIt is funnyquot concurred Quinn of his casting quotI was doing another film earlier in the year with this production company as they were starting preproduction on A Country Christmas Harmony The producer said 39Hey we39re actually getting ready to do a movie with Brooke39 and I39m like 39Oh my gosh39 and went on gushing over my love for Brooke and how much I love working with her But there were no strings attached to me doing the film A couple months went by and I get a text from the producer asking if I can sing and if I wanted to be a part of the film I was like 39Yes I sing but I39m terrified doing it in front of people I feel like I need to talk to Brooke first39quotI called her immediatelyquot he continued quotLittle did I know she already knew they were reaching out to me I said 39Hey listen I don39t know how you feel about this but I39m really excited Are you cool if we play love interests in the movie I know we play husband and wife on our show Is that weird Is that too much Should I say no39 She was like 39Oh my God are you kidding me I39m so excited39 So it was really exciting to be able to work together on something elsequotThe film marks Elliott39s return to Lifetime the network she called home for six seasons on the brilliant and grossly underrated Drop Dead Diva 20092014 quotLifetime has been a huge supporter of minequot she smiled quotThey39re so lovely to me which is funny as this movie is about going home So it really felt like coming home to them They support my involvement in the business and all the other things I want to do I loved being able to collaborate with them in this new way of being on the producing team that was really special Lifetime is very supportive of women wanting to progress and evolve in the business I hope to have more of a relationship with them as I39d love to direct a Christmas moviequotA Country Christmas Harmony also marks a return to television for former child star Danny Pintauro who plays Elliott39s assistant Eugene quotUnless you count a small costar I did about 12 years ago this is literally the first time I39ve been on television since Who39s the Boss ended 35 years agoquot he reflected quotSo it39s a big deal for me The years after Who39s the Boss didn39t include a lot of attempts at acting I did a bunch of theater but the universe was just telling me it wasn39t the right time I lived a normal life got married and moved to Austin to work as a veterinary technician Then this project came along and all the pieces fit together perfectlyquotWhen I made the decision to return I had to be willing to do whatever it tookquot he continued quotI auditioned for whatever came my way to show people who and what I am now It39s almost like starting over I worked through some trauma like that of being a child actor and what that means and then trying again after years to be an actor in the past Being outed early on made being an actor even harder Now I feel I39m ready I have this grounded solid base as a human who knows what he wantsquotThe fact he can now authentically portray a character who happens to be gay only contributed to a wonderful experience He39s happy with quotany opportunity to represent the LGBTQ communityquot he said quotEugene just has a goodoldfashioned relationship Getting to do that on Lifetime is so important We39re making a lot of strides when it comes to representation in Christmas movies as it was kind of the last holdout in terms of representation Eugene is a complete character a whole character a real person He isn39t a caricature of what it39s like to be a gay man and that is super important to mequotI love that we39ve gotten to a place where we can create fully realized interesting gay characters that don39t have to have any of the caricatures we39ve seen in the pastquot he added in closing quotA diverse group of people are going to watch this film and those people will get to see this hardworking guy taking good care of who he works for but also being a best friend and having a loving husband I couldn39t ask for a better role to bring to LifetimequotA Country Christmas Harmony will be telecast Friday November 18 at 8 pm on Lifetime as part of the network39s It39s A Wonderful Lifetime 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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