Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Dermot Mulroney Board Hallmark's Christmas Train

amp8220Yeah but it did take you a long time to get where we met rightamp8221 chimed in Mulroney amp160amp8220So I might have appeared a little aloof at first but I wanted that on the recordamp8221 amp160All joking aside with regard to their misremembered first encounter at a dinner Mulroney also wanted it known that when it came to working together their onscreen chemistry was instantamp8220I already liked Kimberlyamp8221 he said amp160amp8220So I really did step into working with her like we were already friends amp160I could tell just by the way she appears on screen that she was beautiful and really appealing in every way amp160I knew there would be no trouble with us getting alongamp8221amp8220And we both went to Northwesternamp8221 WilliamsPaisley said with a smileamp8220Although I was in a different era but it was the same decadequot Mulroney laughed amp8220I would just like to draw the distinction that they are still casting me with beautiful younger actresses amp160We made the most of it in our friendship and it was really fun getting to know each otheramp8221That came in handy as in the movie also starring Danny Glover and Joan Cusack Mulroney and WilliamsPaisley play former flames that encounter one another on a crosscountry train ride amp160Both are former foreign news correspondents although WilliamsPaisley39s character has transitioned to script writing while Mulroney has been reduced to writing fluff pieces that are a far cry from his journalistic glory days amp160For both actors getting to play journalists was something of a realized dreamamp8220When I was a student at Northwestern I did try to get a summer internship on The MacNeilLehrer Report the Sunday news showamp8221 revealed Mulroney amp160amp8220But they didn39t hire me so I turned to acting instead amp160Still there was a moment in my college career where I could have seen myself as a TV journalistamp8221amp8220I was literally going to apply to college as I was quitting the business to become a journalist because I was sick of itamp8221 added WilliamsPaisley amp160amp8220I thought that might be easier amp160But I got Father of the Bride and was like amp8216I guess I39m not going to be that writeramp8217amp8221Both actors admit their second outings for Hallmark couldn39t have come at a better time amp160Mulroney starred in 2015amp8217s North Pole 2 Open for Christmas Williams Paisley in 200239s The Christmas Shoes along with 2017amp8217s Darrow ampamp Darrow for Hallmark Movies ampamp Mysteries amp160quotWe did choose a great timequot Mulroney said amp160amp8220Not only is The Christmas Train a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie itamp8217s a part of the Hallmark world and these movies are finally being reported on as something that is happening at Hallmarkamp8220It39s not just the people who always loved Hallmark productionsquot he continued quotThere39s a whole economy out there that is finally being reported on by publications like The New York Times amp160The fact Hallmark is making over 100 movies a year nobody else is doing it amp160Hall of Fame has been around for 66 years it39s the longestrunning series on television with the most Emmy Awards ever won amp160I find all that fascinating and the amount of work they provide actors in both countries here and in Canada is phenomenal news that should be reported for what it isquotIn addition to acting in the film Mulroney also provided a holiday song for its soundtrack something WilliamsPaisley was happy to plugamp160 amp8220Dermot is now a songwriteramp8221 He has The Christmas Train out on iTunes right now for 99 it39s an instant country Christmas classic that39s featured in the movieamp8221amp8220I might add that Kimberly knows a thing or two about country songwritersquot added Mulroney referring to the actress39 marriage to country superstar Brad Paisley amp160amp8220Our beloved director Ron Oliver incorporated it into the film and that39s something I will always be grateful foramp160 Now it39s my Christmas gift to the worldamp8221amp8220He actually did bounce it off me a couple of times asking what I thought of itamp8221 WilliamsPaisley said amp160amp8220Sure enough he recorded it himself and it ended up in the movieamp160 It39s a really is a good little earwormamp8221The Christmas Train will premiere Saturday November 25 at 8 pm as a part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series on Hallmark Channel

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