Teri Hatcher on Why "Mid-Love Crisis," Her Second Project for Hallmark Media, Was the Perfect Choice for Her

quotI believe timing also plays a big partquot she continued quotI love Christmas movies and enjoy having them rolling along in the background as I do a lot of decorating and cooking at Christmas but I39m sort of glad this one wasn39t centered around it Recently I39ve been doing some standup comedy and sticking my toe into writing comedy Last year I did a special for Showtime called Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age with some other female comedians that comedically centered around looking at women aging So that39s been at the front of my mind This script kind of fell into the lane of another way to tell a story about women aging It was the right script at the right timequotInvite job candidates to apply live during the Media and Advertising Communityamp8217s Black Talent Outreach Week at MediaVillagecom and AdvancingDiversityorg October 1720 Apply for jobssubmit your resume hereamp160In the film Hatcher portrays Mindy Quinn a recently divorced woman about to hit the big 50 While she39s content to let the day pass without fanfare her daughter Rita June Laporte and Rita39s girlfriend Emily Matreya Scarrwener are hellbent on celebrating the milestone But life throws Mindy a curveball when Emily invites her uncle Sam who unbeknownst to her happens to be Mindy39s first love to share in their long weekend Throw into the mix the fact that Rita is planning to propose to Emily and wants her dad to be there for the engagement and pretty soon Mindy has more exes in her life than she needs Especially as she feels her life is imploding with agequotI think when passing 50 part of the aging process allows both women and men to look at what kind of shifts you may be makingquot she said of the film39s theme quotBe it your personal professional or love life Then there39s just dealing with your body and what39s happening there This script gives a nice opportunity to look at that and inspire the ability to shift change grow and have hope combined with acceptance It39s all wrapped up in this movie in an amusing yet weighted emotional wayquotAnother thing that impressed Hatcher about the script was the matteroffact way it dealt with samesex marriage quotIt39s about timequot she shared quotOne of my favorite things about this movie is that while yes my daughter is a woman in love with another woman and wants to propose no one ever talks about anyone being gay People just talk about being in love Mindy struggles with Rita proposing only because at 23 she feels they are too young and she doesn39t want Rita to lose sight of her independence Mindy did that and she wonders if her daughter is making the same mistake Her struggle has nothing to do with Rita39s preference of partner I just love that Hallmark did thatquotAccording to Hatcher the entire filming of MidLove Crisis felt like a sleepaway camp With the cast shooting in a small lakeside town outside of Vancouver they spent much time together quotForget that picture of everyone hanging in their own trailerquot she said quotWe had them but they were far from the set So going to the set you were kind of invested in being there for 10 hours It felt like being at camp because we were together for the whole day Everyone was lovely and supportive of each other and Hallmark was very open to hearing our thoughts on the dialogue or whatever All of that made for grounded honesty and emotions while still being funnyquotBoth of her Hallmark Media projects have been with costars named James but Hatcher assures that nowhere in her contract does it state she only works with men of that name quotI was actually thinking about that yesterday because James Tupper pictured above with Hatcher and I did an interview togetherquot she laughed quotNo one else picked up on that but it did make me think 39Wow do I only work with guys named James now39 Last year James Denton and I reunited for an episode of Fox39s Fantasy Island which hasn39t aired yet so we did have an opportunity to work together again after we did the Christmas moviequotJames Tupper certainly held up the stereotype that Canadian men are lovelyquot she addedThe film also sees Hatcher break out some dance moves as she recaptures her youth and just like the film she39s enjoying being reunited with her first love quotDance has come up a little bit more in my lifequot she shared quotNot just in this I39m rehearsing to play Morticia Addams in the musical The Addams Family and have been doing the tango and all sorts of dances I haven39t done in years That musical theatre person in me kind of died in 1999 when I played Sally Bowles in Cabaret and it39s time for her to wake upquotI think that also translates to Mindyquot she offered in closing quotThe dancing in the movie is kind of a metaphor for those of us who have quieted a creative outlet that once gave us joy but didn39t seem to belong in our adult lives It39s heartwarming to see that physicalized in the movie as it helps Mindy find her way back to the spirit she39s meant to be I can absolutely relatequotMidLove Crisis will be telecast Sunday October 9 at 9 pm on Hallmark Movies ampamp MysteriesClick 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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