Jessica Lowndes Proves To Be a Skilled Multi-Tasker with "Over the Moon in Love"

Jessica Lowndes is no stranger to Hallmark Channel or its companion network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, racking up five films between the two since joining the Crown Media Family in 2016.  But the multi-talented entertainer entered new territory for Over the Moon in Love, her latest Hallmark Channel project, serving as the star, the screenwriter, an executive producer and music contributor, along with pretty much anything else you could think of concerning a production.  For the delightful 30-year-old, the movie brings to fruition something that she’s been preparing for since childhood.  “I've been writing my whole life,” she enthusiastically shared when MediaVillage sat down for an exclusive chat about the project.  “My introduction to that was at age 10.  I had a schoolteacher who had a currency in his class, kind of like Monopoly money, and he'd give everyone a classroom job and pay you in that currency.  He’d hold auctions and you could buy things, only he never knew what to do with me.  So, he made me the class playwright.  Every week he’d give me a lesson that he was teaching, and I would write a play, star in it, direct it and cast it around that lesson -- it was amazing.  I saw him a few years ago and he printed off those plays and gave them back to me!

“I've always loved writing,” Lowndes continued.  “When I moved to Los Angeles at 17, I was writing a screenplay, but I psyched myself out and decided to focus on acting and not spread myself too thin.  In the last couple of years, I got inspired and restarted, so after auditions or whatever, I'd go home and write.  It has now turned into me writing every day from 9 till 5 and I love it.  It makes me so happy.”

The fact Over the Moon in Love was the first screenplay Lowndes sold made the experience “the coolest,” and while the project came with its challenges, some that left her wondering if it might ever see the light of day, she says that the project overall was “the most gratifying experience ever.

“As with anything I've done, I’m used to putting in the hard work and seeing rapid results,” she explained.  “This is a very slow process.  You pour yourself into something and it could be years before you see the finished thing.  Seeing this as a whole … it just couldn't have been better.”

 

Steve Gidlow

Steve Gidlow, a long-time columnist for MediaVillage ("Behind the Scenes in Hollywood"), has written about television and pop culture since 1994, beginning in Australia.  Since moving to Hollywood in 1997, Steve has focused on celebrity interv… read more