Colin Ferguson on Solving "Fixer Upper Mysteries" with Co-Star Jewel

The irony here is the two actors have basically flipped reallife roles to play these characters amp160Ferguson is an accomplished DIYer and Jewel is a writer amp160quotI have been doing electric and plumbing all week and Iamp8217ll be framing next weekquot Ferguson saidamp160 quotI39m always doing something with construction amp160Funnily enough the only notes they39ll ever take from me on the scripts are when I call in and say something like amp8216That39s a joist not a post amp160And by the way it doesn39t work like that so there39s no way she could do what you39re trying to get her to doamp8217 amp160They usually rewrite and make things more plausiblequotI probably find the role reversal more interesting than anyone elsequot he continued amp160quotShe is a bestselling novelist amp160She is everything and it39s crazy amp160I know this sounds stupid because Jewel is incredibly famous for singing but a lot of singers can39t really singamp160 Her voice is unreal amp160She39s never precious about anything and she is incredibly present she writes does music does everything amp160You can actually have a conversation with her about anything because she39s interested in everythingquotAccording to Ferguson his pairing with Jewel in the Fixer Upper movies was no accident amp160The actors were handpicked for their quotsimilar energiesquot by executive producer Joel Rice hence the onscreen chemistry amp160If it weren39t there the entire franchise would have been derailed amp160quotI39d love to say we worked on it and sorted things out but it was just therequot the actor admitted amp160quotWe showed up and that first time we did our first scene we were both like amp8216This is going to be easyamp8217 amp160We had a day of rehearsal scheduled before the first movie but we basically canceled it because right out of the gate it was just there amp160It would be really difficult to not have chemistry with Jewel because she is really really nicequotFerguson also told me the onscreen relationship between Shannon and Mac deepens in this installment And while wouldnamp8217t give any spoilers he39s enjoying the fact that Hallmark is letting their relationship evolve at a realistic paceamp160 quotOne of the things I like about Hallmark is they39re not interested in salacious shock value stuff and they like the fact that our charactersamp8217 relationship is taking its time amp160The network takes love very seriously and you have to earn it amp160But now things have deepened a little maybe my hand will be on her shoulder or maybe I39ll hold a door for her as we cross personal boundaries amp160I am incredibly grateful that it hasn39t gone from zero to sixty and then they are a couplequotDon39t expect these two to be amp8220duettingamp8221 in any form anytime soon especially with music amp160quotI39m a little musical but no duets with Jewelquot Ferguson laughed amp160quotI think part of her soul would die if she did a duet with me amp160She39d probably say it was the worst noise she39d ever heardquot amp160Instead Ferguson is reserving his vocal prowess for the four and a halfyearold son he39s raising with partner Lindsay Thompson amp160quotI will do these long rhymes with my son and now he39s rhyming that39s really fun amp160But when it comes to acting the only thing he ever thought about me being on TV was that I had the worst job ever amp160You go to a location and everyone tells you to be quiet amp160He just saw it as everyone telling you what to say and then to shut upamp8221After working sporadically over the past few years to enjoy time with his son he39s ready to dive back in when the little one starts kindergarten in the fall amp160He has at least nine or ten more Fixer Upper Mysteries to shoot amp160quotWe39ve done three so we will be doing them for a whilequot he smiled amp160quotOne of the most amazing things is that Jewel39s son has started kindergarten so that39s how I mark time these days between her son and mine it39s been really fun to watch our kids grow up from movie to moviequotDeadly Deed A Fixer Upper Mystery will be telecast Sunday March 11 at 9 pm on Hallmark Movies ampamp MysteriesClick on the social media tiles above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively those of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggersamp160amp160

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