They shared their experiences entering this new realm and expressed their excitement about having Bennett as a mentor.
Was Jonathan Bennett Afraid of the Competition in Finding Mr. Christmas?
Absolutely not.
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COLLIDER: So, Congratulations onFinding Mr Christmas.
Jonathan, I will start with you.
Now, obviously, you know what it takes to be a Hallmark leading man.
JONATHAN BENNETT: No, I wasn’t.
Every one of us, we’re almost like the Avengers.
We all do something different.
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Tyler Hinesdoes something completely different than what I do.Andrew Walkerdoes something completely different than Tyler.
We all have our own buckets, right?
So no one can ever beJonathan Bennettjust like I couldn’t beGageand I couldn’t beDavid.
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I mean, I could be, but like, it would take a long time.
I’d have to work on the mannerisms.
But, it’s not about that.
BENNETT: Oh, a treat and a Hallmark leading man?
What do you think, David?
DAVID HABASHY: Oh that is a really good question!
BENNETT: A Christmas treat and a Hallmark leading man…What’s the similarity?
GAGE ROBINSON: Its gotta be a hardy treat.
BENNETT: Yeah, its gotta be hearty.
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ROBINSON: It’s gotta have some substance to it.
HABASHY: Its also gotta be like, Christmas.
BENNETT: Yeah, when you bite into it, you taste Christmas.
HABASHY: I want to say gingerbread cookie, but you’re able to’t see gingerbread cookie.
BENNETT: You know what,it’s a gingerbread man!
They’re fun, theyre cute.
ROBINSON: Theyre spicy.
BENNETT: Yes, sometimes a little spicy.
Its got a little kick to it.
Now, David, what about Hallmark Christmas films that specifically resonate with you?
How do they pull on your heartstrings that made you participate in this?
HABASHY: Well, so I grew up in Egypt.
We didn’t really celebrate Christmas in Egypt.
So the idea of Christmas was very, very, very kind of new and very exciting.
It holds your hand and shows you, Hey,this is the beauty of how you do it.
BENNETT: Theyre like, This is how you do Christmas.
By the way, we’re the best at it for you!
ROBINSON: Oh my gosh.
He was just like a camel to water.
He brought everybody to where they needed to be and did it with pizzazz, confidence, and love.
There was never a moment where I didn’t feel supported in the house.
I didn’t feel that I was ever gonna be in a gotcha moment in the competition.
The way that he presented his leadership,it was inspirational, honestly.
BENNETT: Aww, thats so sweet.
HABASHY: His off-camera kindness is literally, likeit is overwhelming.
He genuinely loves us and is looking out for us.
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ROBINSON: He is the holiday tree.
BENNETT: Good one Gage!
I ran around the house every five minutes being like, Are you ok?
What do you need?
I was like momamgering everyone.
Ok, what do you need?
Because this is foreign to Hallmark.
HABASHY: We didn’t know what we were walking into until we were in it.
This is unlike anything else in the world.
Genuinely,you will never see anything like it.
So we were in awe as we were doing it.
And you’ll see bits of it, I’m sure, I hope.
But we were continuously saying like, Are we really doing this?
But again, you still had to wake up knowing that you’re the first ones to do this.
And so to have that responsibility, it gave us more passion almost.
It gave us a through line.
And I couldn’t be happier to have that.
BENNETT: They’re the best cast we could possibly have prayed for.
I call them the miracle cast.
When they started the show, they didn’t know what it was because it was still a secret.
We hadn’t even said the title of the show or the fact of what the prize was.
We were literally like, Do you like Christmas movies?
Do you want to be in a Christmas movie?
Come to this show.
Because it was all top secret becausewe didn’t want anything to leak.
And so like the first day I would walk in and be like, Here’s the prize.
And I told them the prize.
That’s the first time they realized what they were playing for.
And then at each challenge they had no clue what was going to happen.
They’d be like, We’re doing what?
And as you watch the show, it gets crazier and crazier.
And I mean, hats off to them because I wouldnt do it.
I am watching them do something that’s physically insane.
And they’re like, Yeah, that’d be funny.
And there they go.
Finding Mr. Christmascan be streamed on Hallmark Plus beginning October 31.
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