Jessica Lowndes Kicks Off Hallmark’s Holiday Season in “Christmas at Pemberley Manor”

quotIt39s a formula that really works and I can39t get enough of thatamp8221 she continued quotMy character is a party planner working for the biggest party planner in New York City whoamp8217s given the job to go to Connecticut and help plan a Christmas festival amp160It39s my first time taking the lead on an event like this and that39s where I meet Mr Darcy amp160Heamp8217s superhighprofile mysterious and brooding and has lost his Christmas spiritquotWith Elizabeth there to spread the spirit of Christmas she encounters downer Darcy played by Michael Rady who39s in town to handle the sale of Pemberley Manor one of the areaamp8217s historic landmarks to developersamp160 When an unforeseen incident means switching the festival39s venue one last hurrah at Pemberley seems a perfect choice amp8211 as long as Christmas curmudgeon Mr Darcy agreesFor Lowndes who starred in The CW39s reboot of 90210 embarking on her fifth Hallmark project and fourth Christmas movie has become an annual thrill amp160quotI got my first offer to do Merry Matrimony four years agoquot she shared amp160quotIt was one of the best filming experiences of my life because you can39t not smile and have a good time doing these films amp160I love working with good people and I39ve come out of all these movies with friends for life amp160Every year I so look forward to doing another onequotBeing a part of The CW39samp16090210Melrose Place experience a few years back was also exciting amp160quotI would see Michael who played budding director Jonah Miller on Melrose at events and at one point I think we shot an episode on their soundstagequot she recalled amp160quotBut we never formally met so this was the first timeamp160 I do love him amp160Heamp8217s such a lovely person and a great actoramp8221amp160 Rady is pictured above right opposite LowndesThere were abundant bonuses for the actress while she worked on Pemberley amp160quotI became such good friends with my costarsquot she said amp160quotI think two minutes after meeting Cole Gleason who plays my friend George and Maddie McCormick who plays Jane we decided to go on a road trip to Boston as we actually shot in Connecticut amp160I got tickets to Fenway Park and we saw a game so that was the first bonding trip amp160I would highly recommend anyone doing a Hallmark movie to take a road trip togetherquotAnother bonus was reteaming with her former 90210 costar Elaine Hendrix quotElaine played my 90210 character39s publicistquot she said amp160quotShe plays my boss Caroline in this movie amp160She invited the whole cast to come stay at her place in Brooklyn amp160So the weekend after the first road trip we all got on a train and headed to New York amp160We all just really jelled and it was this tightknit familyamp160 That was so nicequotBut the icing on the Christmas cookie was playing a character she describes as being much closer to her reallife persona amp160quotI39m a very happy person by nature and wake up singing every morning happy that the sun is up and so am Iquot she smiled amp160quotUsually I39m playing a damsel in distress and in a lot of the films I39ve done and in 90210 I39m someone going through a lot amp160I39ve played a lot of psychos and drug addicts so in this one I felt like I just got to be myselfquotIt felt great to bring my natural energy to the partquot she added amp160quotI love Christmas as does the character and in the last three Hallmark Christmas movies I39ve done my characters have been heartbroken or sworn off Christmas or sworn off menamp160 My costars kept mentioning my happy little amp8216shrugclap of joyamp8217 which is something I do all the time and I get to do it throughout this movieamp8221The biggest thrill for the accomplished singeramp160and philanthropist who designs Tshirts to support her MSamp160Foundation Loveamp160Fights was singing in the film amp160quotI was surprised that happenedquot she admitted amp160quotThey39d written a singing scene after they found out I could sing and asked which Christmas Carol I39d like to perform amp160amp8216Oh Holy Nightamp8217 is one of my favorites and something I39d released a few years ago with 100 of proceeds going to the MS Foundation a disease which my mom suffers from amp160It39s something so close to my heart so I loved being able to include another of my passionsquotChristmas at Pemberley Manor will be telecast Saturday at 8amp160pm on Hallmark Channel Click 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 writersamp160

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