Filming "Sweet on You" for UPtv Was Like Old Home Week for Rob Mayes

quotIt reunited me with these producers and Marla and I had a blast on The Road Home a few years agoquot he continued quotHands down she was one of the best scene partners I39ve ever had and she39s become a close friend So when this popped up I jumped on a Zoom call with Haylie we hit it off immediately and soon after we were off to the racesquotWhile he doesn39t share any onscreen scenes with Sokoloff she does make a cameo Mayes has nothing but praise for his friend as a director quotMarla is one of the smartest people I have ever metquot he said quotAnd hands down she39s one of the funniest So when she39s in the director39s chair and telling me what to do I39m all ears I39d be like 39Hey you know I think I can make this funny but you tell me what to do and I39m going to do it39 Watching her work is like a master classquotIn the film Mayes portrays commercial real estate agentcity slicker Drew Ellis who after inheriting a nice chunk of land in the rural town of Cedar Creek finds himself embracing country life His initial intention is to offload the land to a developer but after meeting Kate Davies Duff who runs the town39s famous pie shop Pearl39s Pie Place finds himself in a moral dilemma Selling his land would mark the end of Pearl39s together with any chance of a budding romance and the idyllic setting that is Cedar CreekBeing no stranger to the romcom genre Mayes39 onscreen likability makes him perfect to play the quotnice guy doing a bad thingquot but he also appreciates that being a leading man requires a certain skill set quotThere39s an earnestness that I try to embrace and impart to these sorts of charactersquot he explained quotIt39s easy to read something and see it on the page and be like 39Oh this person is just so unlikable39 The challenge is how do you take someone who comes across as kind of cringeworthy at face value then give them some life and levity I think the key is playing it with earnestnessquotAnd love is everythingquot he added quotPositivity hope goodness acceptance and redemption are all universal themes the human condition gravitates towards and requires and needs and that39s such a healthy thing to be able to keep bringing to life again and again knock on wood That39s the biggest takeaway and sometimes we need a reminder that human beings are good and mean well Even though we fail and fall short how do we pick ourselves up on despite of that and rise back upquotMayes believes this film is a perfect fit with UPtv39s message of uplifting entertainment quotThat word 39uplifting39 keeps coming up again and againquot he said quotIt came up a whole bunch of times at the recent Movieguide Awards where my last film 5000 Blankets won Most Inspirational Independent StreamingTelevision Movie of the year We were talking about inspiration and being uplifting and these words keep getting used for a reason They39re powerful and mean a lot to a lot of peoplequotAnother uplifting element to the project was getting to work with Duff for the first time quotMy first real interaction with Haylie was when we got to set39quot he recalled quotShe39s just the loveliest person ever So humble and warm and giving and generous I39ve been very fortunate in getting to work with Marla and now Haylie who is an amazing scene partner in her own right I feel very blessedquotFans of Mayes39 music will be thrilled to hear his song quotCloserquot on the film39s soundtrack quotIt was the first song that I put out back in 2019 and I39m excited to see how it plays in the filmquot he saidDon39t look for him to recreate some of the baking skills he demonstrates in some of the movie39s sweeter scenes quotThere is something called movie magic and that39s where I39m going to leave thatquot he laughed quotI didn39t have a clue as to what I was doing I could make a hell of a steak I could scramble up some really dope eggs toast some toast and put some grassfed butter on there then pour myself a glass of water That39s pretty much the extent of my cooking skills but I39m more than happy to indulgequotSweet on You is only the beginning of Mayes39 relationship with UPtv He just wrapped another for them entitled Just Jake that centers on country music to air later in the year quotWe got to write some really great country music for it with heavy hitter songwritersquot he shared in closing quotUPtv has been fantastic It39s a newer home for me and I hope there39s more to come because it feels goodquotSweet on You will be telecast Sunday Feb 26 at 7 pm on UPtv as part of its Flirty February 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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