They all agree on one thing:Holidazedisnt your average Christmas storyline seen on Hallmark.
So tell me about how special it was to be a part of this inauguration of sorts.
And they listened, they were listening ears to us in the creative process as well.
HAYSBERT: Because…it wasn’t a lack of intensity or anything else from the first one.
It was just a film that we all sort of just..it just flowed.
But on this particular project, it was a series.
And then it got really then it just got really fun yeah 100% and and then.
It was just a big, big family situation, and that’s how I grew up.
And then you have the children’s tables….not table but tables.
And then the Chinese checkers come out and then the dice come out.
And that was the beauty of it and we really had that camaraderie.
These guys are like a real family and I love that.
HAYSBERT: I had little or nothing to do with her getting this part.
I had nothing to do with it.
COLLIDER: So no nepotism?
I said, I know.
And then she was meeting Gina and all the producers and everything, and she never said anything.
I said, You know what, girl, go.
Enjoy the moment and everything else.
And I just loved having her there.
COLLIDER: Now there are a lot of seasoned Hallmark actors in this.
Theres a lot of seasoned actors in this series overall.
I take every opportunity to venture to learn from the people that are around me.
And soI was just taking notes.
I said yes immediately when I saw their names on the offer.
I was like, Yeah, there’s nothing to even think about.
My agent was like, Don’t you wanna read the script?
I was like, No, I’m busy, but I’m, I’m doing it.
Like there’s no way I’m not doing it.
So it was an absolute honor.
I learned a lot.
And to continue to learn from watching them for years to come.
COLLIDER: Now I hear that season 2 may be in the works.
HAYSBERT: The first I heard of this.
MCGINLEY: Oh yeah, I heard.
BRIAN: Oh he knew already.
MCGINLEY: You got light in a bottle, you take a stab at recapture it.
Are you kidding me?
This stuff doesn’t come along every day.
COLLIDER: No, it doesn’t, especially for shows.
Things have changed so much with television now.
It’s not just linear, you know, and now we have the streaming platforms.
So there’s so many more possibilities now.
MCGINLEY: Oh Italy.
All the families wind up in Tuscany.
COLLIDER: Every season theyll go to a new country to match the household.
HAYSBERT: Yeah, take all the families to the islands.
BRIAN: For me, I would just hope that we continue on this great path of truthful storytelling.
Thats always the best and the easiest kind of storytelling.
Again, I always say:it’s much easier be, than it is to act.
We didn’t have to act so it'’s a big party over here.
They just have to pay us for it, so we’d love to do it.
