October 27, 2025 • 29 mins
In this festive episode of Christmas MuVies Spotlight, hosts Pam and Dawn chat with Anna Marie Dobbins and Marc Herrmann, the talented stars of the all-new holiday film Christmas at Fields Ranch. Join us for a heartwarming and fun conversation as Anna Marie and Marc share behind-the-scenes stories, their favorite moments on set, and what makes this movie such a special addition to this year’s holiday lineup.
From laughter to love, Christmas at Fields Ranch brings all the magic and meaning of the season — and Anna Marie and Marc give us an inside look at the chemistry, charm, and Christmas spirit that went into making it shine.
So grab your cocoa, get cozy by the tree, and enjoy this delightful holiday chat!
🎧 Available now on all streaming platforms — and be sure to follow Christmas MuVies Spotlight for more exclusive interviews with your favorite holiday stars.
From laughter to love, Christmas at Fields Ranch brings all the magic and meaning of the season — and Anna Marie and Marc give us an inside look at the chemistry, charm, and Christmas spirit that went into making it shine.
So grab your cocoa, get cozy by the tree, and enjoy this delightful holiday chat!
🎧 Available now on all streaming platforms — and be sure to follow Christmas MuVies Spotlight for more exclusive interviews with your favorite holiday stars.
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Speaker 1 (00:20):
Hello and welcome to the special edition of Christmas Movie Spotlight.
I'm your host, Don Mac and I'm here with my friend,
colleague and co host, the one and only Pam. Hey, Pam,
how are you.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
I'm doing good? Thank you and you.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I'm doing great, doing great. I am all about some
holidays right now. Can you tell I'm a little jacked
up right now? No, I haven't been drinking fasts. I
haven't been drinking. I'm just hopped up on Christmas spirit.
That's right. I don't drink. I have drink, but we won't.
That's a conversation another day. But no, I am just
(00:56):
jacked up on Christmas spirit right now. The holiday season
is in four We got movies coming out the ying
Yang pick a channel, watch a few, right, So I
am so excited. Like I've started baking. Oh, did I
tell you what I did the other day? Speaking of baking, Oh,
if it was baking, No, I made pumpkin bread from scratch.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
I missed that we used to make from scratch.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
You know, I I'm always mindful of like sharing those
type things with you for obvious reasons. But but I
just decided, you know, I'm just gonna make some pumpkin bread. Well,
I the recipe I had. Admittedly I made that, and
(01:46):
it was a former colleague that I worked with a
zillion years ago, and so she had on the car,
you know, like hire two and a half cups of flour. Right,
she didn't say self fries in her all purpose. I
put all purpose. Well, you know when you use all
purpose you have to put baking soda or baking powder
(02:08):
if you want it to rise. Right, it was a flop.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
So yeah, I can't imagine because you bake all the time,
I mean throughout the year.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I just saw it said flower. Didn't even think maybe
that means self rising. But admittedly the person who my colleague,
she didn't specify. So I just went I winged it.
By the time that bread had cooled down, it was
like a brick. It could have been a doorstop. So
we went back to the drawing board. We used our
(02:41):
friendly friend Google and just google it, and so a
lot of sights came up. You know, all the baking
sites have it, right. I just picked one out of
the tan air and I started reading up on it,
and I was like, this is gonna be good, and
so yes, I remade it. And it came out and
(03:02):
it is the second day, it was so much better,
Like it's always good, fresh and warm when you comes
out of the oven.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
But oh m G.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
O MG, it is chef's kiss. Kudos to Sally's Baking
Obsession dot com because that's where I got the recipe,
So yeah, there you go. But yeah, that's what I did.
It was on a cool fall day here in North Carolina,
so I was taking advantage of it and filling all
the fields. So yeah, I'm like in full on Christmas mode.
(03:33):
No I have not decorated, but we're getting there. It's
not long now.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Well, I'm going to have to find a recipe for
pumpkin bread that uses some other type of flour and
see if that works, because I mean, we're going to
get a little personal here for our listeners. I'm diabetic
and I control my diabetes with diet next size so
(04:00):
that way I don't have to take medication, so I
cannot have flour or sugar. And I know there's sugar
substitutes I could use, but I don't know which flour
would work for me because it all depends on the individually.
There's wheat flour, there's coconut flour. There's you know, I
can't even think of all there's several different types of
(04:20):
flowers out there, And maybe I could find a recipe
that I can use because I missed pumpkin bread every
year we made that.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, you know, there's a lot of recipes now that
I've seen here and there on social where you know,
they're making things that call for flower flowerless, so it's
like flowerless recipes. So maybe you can look up and
find it flowerless pumpkin bread recipes. There's got to be one,
and there's got to be a flower out there that
you can eat, you know, like for that something like that.
(04:51):
But anyway, let me know.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
But yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
I am excited about the holiday season. I'm excited that
we're in all just excited period. So yes, here we
are and I'm excited. Also, I'm also jacked up today
because of our interview. It's a two for one, folks,
which Pam and I never get to interview rarely, if ever,
get to interview two guests at one time, and not
(05:19):
only two guests at one time, but two guests who
are starring in the same movie co starring in the
same movie. I mean, I am just so excited, and
I'm talking about the immensely talented Anna Marie Dobbins and
Mark Herman, And oh my goodness, that was such a
fun experience chatting with the two of them.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Absolutely. I you know, you just never know how a
two for one.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Because you know, maybe one is going to speak, one
is not going to speak, or one you know, we
don't want to talk over each other or whatever. But
we got it down. Pat, We've been doing this long
and office. It was such so much fun to speak
with them. I mean, I just love them. They're so cute.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yeah, they are really really cute, and it was just
a delight. It was a delightful time speaking with them.
They were very engaging and we're not at a loss
or words at all, so as you will see shortly,
it was wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yes it was, Yes, it was. Now don't forget.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
You can catch Anna Marie Dobbins and Mark Herman in
Howday will Be Christmas at Field's Ranch and that'll be
starting on November one on the streaming app so be
sure to check it out.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
You won't be sorry.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
And we are so excited and honored to bring you
our interview with Anna Marie Dobbins and Mark Herman.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Enjoy the show.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Hey everyone, it's Anna Marie Dobbins and Mark Herman and
you're listening to Pam and Dum.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Welcome Anna, Marie and Mark. How do we How did
we do this? We got two people at unst.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
I know how, like, you're weak?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I love it. I love it.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
It's something different, and the more the merrier, as we say, yeah,
we thought.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
This was gonna be a video at first, and we
were a little worried because right now I have a
fake neck tash to you on and a slit in
my eyebrow for a role that I'm doing right now.
Speaker 6 (07:26):
And we're like, this isn't gonna look very Christmas if
we see this.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
You know what the collective cyber relief we did not hear,
but I can tell that this is a relief.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Yeah, it's fake. We're glad it's fake.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
The last few days, so I go work out in
the gym and I see people looking at me like
I'm a lot tougher than I actually.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
And then the proverbial questions come, what does your tattoo mean?
Speaker 2 (07:57):
You know?
Speaker 1 (07:57):
And all that. So that's great, it's great.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
I love it.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
You don't want to know.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Well, I have a question for both of you. But
of course, ladies, first, when did you discover you wanted
to be an actor or actress in your case?
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Yeah, so I started acting when I was thirteen, and
I'm originally from Birmingham, Alabama, So I just started locally
and small, like small commercials.
Speaker 7 (08:27):
I did a little bit.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Of print work and then started doing acting classes and
then caught the bug, as they say, and I worked
professionally as a you know, a child actor. I guess
essentially out of Atlanta, which Atlanta is a huge film market,
and so I was able to build my resume up
out of Atlanta. It's like a two hour drive growing up,
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and so i'ld go over. I would work or do
an audition and come back and go to public school
and go over. So it was a back and forth thing.
And then I went to college for dance. I'm also
a dancer. Went to college for dance, and then moved
out to la full time to fully pursue acting after college.
Speaker 7 (09:06):
And yeah, that's kind of how I got my start.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Very very interesting.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
A lot of people don't even realize that maybe you
started as a child actor.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
There's some of the things that you can mention you did.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
One of my very first feature films, I did Footloose,
the remake of Footloose.
Speaker 7 (09:31):
And so that was fun. I had a small role,
but I really got the acting bug. I did some Nickelodeon.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
I did a lot of commercials in print work, like
I was saying, but I landed my first leading role
once I was out in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
How exciting and Mark you grew up next?
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, I never really had aspirations to act. When I
was a kid. I was a golfer, so I grew
up golfing my whole life. The original plan was to
play for professional golf. So I started playing golf.
Speaker 6 (10:02):
Over at uc San Diego and college, and.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
After a couple of years, I just got kind of
burnt out and I realized it was like more of
my dad's dream to be a professional golfer than it
was something I had decided for myself. So then there
was like a weird time where I didn't really know
what I wanted to do with my wife for about
a year because I was always so sure it was
going to be golf. And I started taking some elective classes.
I remember loving drama when I was in middle school,
(10:28):
so I took an intro to acting class for fun
and yeah, like.
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Anna said, I just got the book. I loved it.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
I started taking more acting classes, and right around the
time I graduated was my younger brother was moving out
straight from high school to LA to become a model,
and so I was like, well, I can move out there,
go live with my brother, pursue a career in acting.
And you know, I look back on it and I
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was like, that was a really naive thing to do.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
And it probably was, but you know, I'm glad I did.
I love acting. I love filmmaking.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
I've gotten really interested in writing and directing as a
result of acting. So so just like filmmaking in general,
has just become like a huge passion of mine and
I hadn't really looked back ever since I kind of
started on this path.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Well, Mark, I have to tell you, I absolutely love golf.
I love to watch PG. I mean every weekend that
it's on. I'm glued. Pam has no passion. What's over
for golf? I talked to her about the players, and
she's like, I don't have any clue who you're talking.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
About, but I love she's pretty upsessed.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yeah, But on the flip side, we are thrilled that
you decided to pursue acting because we love you and
what you do, and so I think it's just been
a win win for you all the way around.
Speaker 6 (11:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
I mean, hopefully down the line there will be a
role that comes up that can kind of bring the
two worlds together.
Speaker 6 (11:56):
That would be the dream.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Right.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Oh, absolutely, there you go. Well, my question is for
you Anna Marie. You've known for your known for balancing, acting, dance,
and fitness, and how do those creative outlets influence the
way you approach your roles.
Speaker 7 (12:15):
Well, that's a good question. I feel like because I
was I was born and bred a dancer.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
My mom owns a dance studio, and so I kind
of grew up in that world and being a dancer.
I feel like I'm very I see everything like through
your body, like the movement. I feel like I'm really
good on I'm set with like directions and being able
to like have I don't know, movement with my with
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my scenes, if it makes any sense, So it kind
of you know, it goes hand in hand with each other.
I feel like as well, I feel like the memorization
is really similar to like memorizing choreography. So I feel like,
I mean, it's an art you know, at the end
of the day, I feel like you either have like
that artistic side or maybe you're more of like an
analytical side or something. But yeah, I feel like, thankfully
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and and thankfully I've had, you know, a couple of
roles where I have had dancing in it. So that's
been fun to be able to, like Mark was saying,
be able to have the two worlds collide. So that's
been fun and I hope I get to continue that
as well.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Yeah, and I think it teaches you have to listen
to the director otherwise there.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Yeah, no what you do? You know?
Speaker 7 (13:27):
That brings up a great point.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
I feel like for me, I'm really good at listening
and following directions because you know, the dancer, you're very
planned to listen to your teacher and follow the rules.
Like some people are more creative and like want to
have a lot more say an input, where I'm more
of like, let's collab, you know, tell me what you
see as the director, as the producer, as you know,
all the things. So that that's such a great point
(13:49):
we were actually just talking about that earlier.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Absolutely, because there's not a lot of good listeners out
there either, so that that gives you street cred. Now, Mark,
you transitioned from modeling to acting, So how did that
journey shape your perspective on storytelling and performance.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
I didn't really do too much modeling when I first
moved out to LA. I tried to get into it,
and I just I kind of hit a wall. I
don't really find any success in modeling. I don't think
my poses are up to par. Yes, but I think
I guess off of Anna because she grew up dancing
and I grew up golfing. I think one of the
(14:31):
things I definitely realized about golf, and I think a
lot of people will come from a sports background, is
there's a certain kind of like work ethic where you
understand the importance of training. Because there are a lot
of actors that come out to LA and just kind
of expect to land a huge role but aren't taking
it seriously as a craft and putting in the time
to train to get better. So I think having that
(14:52):
sports background, it's like you can't compete unless you're constantly training.
So I think a lot of people with that sports background,
like really take training series and are constantly working hard
to get better at what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Absolutely, And it is a grind. I don't care what
career path you take, it's all I mean, you're always
having to do something to get better, to improve, and
you know you're working towards that next goal always and so.
But sports is a grind, and acting is a grind.
It is never ending, you know, So, Mark, my question is,
(15:28):
as someone newer to the holiday movie scene, what's been
the biggest surprised or learning experience for you?
Speaker 5 (15:36):
I think with the holiday movies, I realize how much
fun that they are. I mean I think a lot
of I mean me in particular, but I think a
lot of actors love dramatic roles and they love really
heavy moments. I'm actually drawn to like darker movies. That's
the kind of stuff that I like to watch.
Speaker 6 (15:55):
That I like to write.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
There's something like cathartic and fulfilling about like tapping into
these places emotionally that you don't experience on a day
to day. So I typically wasn't interested in kind of
like a lighthearted Christmas movie, but there's something about being
on set of a Christmas movie where everyone's just in
a great mood. No one's taking themselves too seriously, We're
all having fun. There's there's a certain energy to a
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set like that, which is a nice contrast to the
other types of roles I mentioned. So I think that's
what I learned, is like they're just a lot of
fun to do, and it's cool being around that kind
of energy. It's cool during non Christmas season to be
surrounded by Christmas decorations and it's like you're in the
holiday spirit regardless of the year.
Speaker 8 (16:41):
Yeah, we had a lot of filed it in Rhode Island,
and so we did it actually last year and it
was during the holiday season, so like the town was
like decorated, and so we used.
Speaker 4 (16:51):
A lot of that to our advantage and we got
a lot of like really pretty snow days and so like,
and it was leading up to the Christmas holiday.
Speaker 7 (16:58):
So I feel like it got us into like that.
Speaker 6 (17:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (17:01):
One thing that was really cool is we scouted the
location the day before our first day of filming, and
it was cool.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
It was a really.
Speaker 5 (17:07):
Rustic ranch and then overnight it snows like crazy. So
we show up on the first day and the whole
ranch is just blanketing and snow and it looks so gorgeous,
and we just thought this is like a miracle, like
it's just so cool.
Speaker 6 (17:23):
How it just happened to work out that way.
Speaker 7 (17:26):
Yeah, so we got to use practical.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Yeah, well, maybe I should start acting in just holiday
movies and get myself into the Christmas spirit. Because John
is the one that's the Christmas fanatic where she'll live
it from July through December or even earlier. She's just
itching to put those Christmas decorations up. And I'm more
of the we call you to call me the humbug
(17:52):
because I don't get into Christmas until like maybe, you know,
things giving me time in December. So maybe I should
start acting and that would get me into it sooner.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Its conception sometimes because I did a Christmas movie once
during the summer and people would be like, how do
you You can't shoot a Christmas.
Speaker 6 (18:14):
Movie in the summer.
Speaker 5 (18:14):
It's like Christmas movies can be shot year round, and
you're putting all these sweaters, you know, it's ninety degrees
out to try and make it look like it's cold.
Speaker 6 (18:22):
But yeah, the movies are shot year around.
Speaker 5 (18:24):
Ours just happened to be shot during the winter time, which, yeah,
which was cool.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Yeah, which is a good thing because you don't have
to wipe the sweat off your brow when you're doing
it right, movie.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
In the summer and you're in sweaters and you're like, bir,
it's freezing right.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
But I'm telling you, you guys are great answers because
you pull it off, so we never know that it's
you know, film that time.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
But are I know you from a lot of.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Other movies that you've done, the darker ones as Mark
was saying, you know, on those other channels as well
as the films. And I can't say that I don't
like one more than the other because I don't like
I love them both.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
What keeps you coming back to the festive stories?
Speaker 4 (19:14):
I think it's just like Mark was saying, it's just
fun to change it up. You know, you can kind
of live into one world for a while. But as
an actor, I feel like something I crave is just
versatility and be able to change, you know, the storyline
and the mindset and be able to dive deeper into
other genres.
Speaker 7 (19:31):
So yeah, it's just the change up.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
And we I mean, we co wrote this film together.
We were excited to get into some like so we
met doing a a thriller years ago.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
It was so good, it was so good.
Speaker 7 (19:50):
I know, I'm like, that's one for the grandkids, and yeah,
it's a great title.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
Then we did a Christmas movie and then years later
are we reconnected and started dating, and so we hadn't
worked together since we had been together, and so we
had really wanted to do a project together. We were like,
the only way to really be able to do that
is to write our own and to you know, act
in it. So we were trying to figure out what genre,
what world did we want to do, and we both
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decided Christmas. We felt like it was a good like
jury point for us to kind of get into, you know,
that world is like from the back end as the
writers and.
Speaker 7 (20:29):
Producing and things like that.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
So yeah, so we I mean, that's why we chose
to do this one, because it was just like a
good entry point for us to kind of start working
together as a team.
Speaker 7 (20:40):
So it was fun.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I absolutely love that because you know, and this is
a great lead in to Christmas at Phil Durant your movie,
because you really are both getting to live the best
of all worlds in this movie from start to finish,
and so tell us a little bit about your care
without giving too much away.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
Yeah, So I played Ben.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
I basically grew up in a small town around this
ranch that belonged to a family friend.
Speaker 6 (21:14):
Anna plays Daisy, who whose grandfather owned the ranch. So
we kind of hung out as kids.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
We were really close, really great friends, but never crossed
that threshold of a romantic relationship, even though we kind
of both felt it underneath. And then she moves out
to the big city after graduating high school. So Ben,
my character misses his chance to kind of tell her
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how he feels. Until years later, when her grandfather passes,
she finds out that she inherits the ranch.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
So she comes.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
Back to town to kind of figure out what she's
going to do. Her boss is a she's a real
estate broker, and her boss kind of pressures it into
selling it to a high profile client.
Speaker 6 (22:01):
So she's kind of torn between what do I do
with this ranch?
Speaker 5 (22:03):
It holds so many memories, but at the same time, like,
my future is real estate, and this is an opportunity
to get this huge promotion I've been looking for.
Speaker 7 (22:11):
And of course, and you'll have to check out what happens.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Yeah, we definitely will. We're looking for you.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
Yeah, and we, like I've said a million times before,
we all know how the ending is going to be,
you know, but it's just getting to the ending. We'd
love to see the drama or the happiness or the
quirkiness or the misunderstandings or whatever the case might be.
So and of course, location or you know, even if
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it's a set that looks like a location, it's always
wonderful to watch.
Speaker 6 (22:46):
Yeah, that was one of the cool things about this one.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
So when we when we wrote it, we specifically wrote
it about a ranch because we wanted to do something
in that type of location. We wanted to be able
to ride horses, like, we wanted to that kind of
ambiyonce for the film, and it was really cool. So
we got to shoot at an actual ranch and there
are multiple scenes of us riding horses. There's we got
so many shots of just horses, whether they're being pet
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in the frame or they're in.
Speaker 6 (23:12):
The foreground or the background.
Speaker 5 (23:14):
But it just added so much more production value to
the entire shoot, which was really cool.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Yeah, awesome. Well, were there any memorable or funny behind
the scenes the moments that you can share with us.
Speaker 5 (23:28):
So there's there's this scene where Anna and I are
both riding horses and we're searching for a horse that
got away. So I have a line where as we're
riding horses side by side, I say, all right, you
searched this way and I'll go this way.
Speaker 6 (23:42):
But every time she couldn't get.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
Her horse to stop, it wouldn't mind me, it wouldn't listen,
So her.
Speaker 5 (23:47):
Horse would already start going in that direction as I
delivered my line.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Expect So I had to just like you know, improvise
and make it work because my horse just you know,
it was it was not an actor.
Speaker 7 (23:59):
It did not want to listen on mindset.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
So it was just funny because like Mark was like
a pro when I got on the horse, but the
horse knew that it was gonna wind with me.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
Well, we did.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
We did a horseback riding lesson and I actually took
took me for my birthday in April because we anticipated
shooting this film. Yeah, for a horseback riding lesson. Where
was it up in Malibu area? Yeah, And so we
had some experience riding horses, but those were trained horses.
Speaker 6 (24:27):
Now the ones at this ranch there.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
The horses are trained, but they're not like your typical
Hollywood horse that's like an act or horse like. These
were just you know, pretty well behaved horses. Yeah, but
they This might have been the first time these horses
have ever been on camera, you know, and horses can
get spooked by cameras and a lot of things can happen,
and these are huge animals.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
So it was, uh, it was, it was.
Speaker 7 (24:51):
It was fun and it was great to be around,
you know, and me very therapeutic.
Speaker 4 (24:54):
But at the same time, I'm like, this thing could
book me off and you know, do whatever it wanted
at anything.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
So right, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Well I was only on the horse once growing up
and that was enough for me. And then I found
out I was severely allergic to horses. So that's not
going to happen ever again. So I'll let you guys
do it and I'll watch it on TV. So okay,
well that's the end of my questions. But Don has
(25:25):
a fine round for you.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Yeah, and we always like to wrap up our interviews
with a really fun lightning round. It's all Christmas related.
Imagine that five questions, no wrong answers is just quick
fire off whatever comes to mind and both of you
can answer. So here we go. What is your favorite
Christmas tradition?
Speaker 7 (25:51):
Family?
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Your favorite Christmas song?
Speaker 6 (25:56):
Run rude off, then close coming down?
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Okay, favorite Christmas movie?
Speaker 6 (26:03):
The Night Member Before Christmas, Christmas Vacation.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Hot Toddy or hot Chocolate.
Speaker 6 (26:11):
Hot Chocolate, Hot chocolate?
Speaker 1 (26:14):
And white lights are colored lights.
Speaker 4 (26:17):
We had a debate about this the other day.
Speaker 5 (26:20):
Currently deciding how we're going to decorate our house. And
I love the white lights because they look at icicles
coming down.
Speaker 7 (26:26):
White lights.
Speaker 6 (26:27):
Blue or white?
Speaker 7 (26:28):
Yeah, I want the warm, warm lights, and he wants
the blue lights. So we're in constant debate.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Blue lights are hard to look at. They're hard to
They're hard on my eyes. I love them. They're beautiful,
but it is so hard to look at, but they're beautiful.
Speaker 5 (26:47):
One of the really cool stylistic things about this movie
that our director Glenn did is all the scenes that
take place in the city, it's like a blue white Christmas.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
So it's it's like the colors.
Speaker 5 (26:59):
Are made it in that way, and then when you
get out to the ranch you get more of like
your reds, your oranges, your greens, like your more typical
Christmas color, so one feels a little bit more cold
and sterile while the other feels.
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Kind of warm and invited.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
Yeah that's cool. Yeah color Peala that he chose. That
was really smart.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
So I guess that's as as long as there's lights up,
that's all that matters to me.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
And the more the merrier too, by the way.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Right exactly, Well, this was so much fun.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
We really appreciate you guys taking the time out to
speak with us about your movie Christmas. It feels ranch
which we will be watching mind you, and we welcome
you back anytime.
Speaker 5 (27:46):
Awesome. Thank you so much for having us. This is
awesome and I'm excited for you and everyone else to
see the film.
Speaker 7 (27:51):
Yeah, we're super excited.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Yes, and keep working together. We love it.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
We want to see Yeah, all right, more on the horizon.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Good night.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
That's awesome to hear.
Speaker 3 (28:03):
Wonderful And since we won't speak to you before the holidays,
have a happy holiday.
Speaker 6 (28:08):
Thank you too, Happy holidays, you.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Too, Thank you, thank you, thank you, bye bye. Thank
you so much for tuning in to our latest episode
of Christmas Movie Spotlight. Don't forget. You can find our
podcast on iHeartRadio. Spotify, iTunes, Spreaker, and more. Just search
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Speaker 3 (28:32):
For even more.
Speaker 9 (28:33):
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see you again real soon
Hello and welcome to the special edition of Christmas Movie Spotlight.
I'm your host, Don Mac and I'm here with my friend,
colleague and co host, the one and only Pam. Hey, Pam,
how are you.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
I'm doing good? Thank you and you.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I'm doing great, doing great. I am all about some
holidays right now. Can you tell I'm a little jacked
up right now? No, I haven't been drinking fasts. I
haven't been drinking. I'm just hopped up on Christmas spirit.
That's right. I don't drink. I have drink, but we won't.
That's a conversation another day. But no, I am just
(00:56):
jacked up on Christmas spirit right now. The holiday season
is in four We got movies coming out the ying
Yang pick a channel, watch a few, right, So I
am so excited. Like I've started baking. Oh, did I
tell you what I did the other day? Speaking of baking, Oh,
if it was baking, No, I made pumpkin bread from scratch.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
I missed that we used to make from scratch.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
You know, I I'm always mindful of like sharing those
type things with you for obvious reasons. But but I
just decided, you know, I'm just gonna make some pumpkin bread. Well,
I the recipe I had. Admittedly I made that, and
(01:46):
it was a former colleague that I worked with a
zillion years ago, and so she had on the car,
you know, like hire two and a half cups of flour. Right,
she didn't say self fries in her all purpose. I
put all purpose. Well, you know when you use all
purpose you have to put baking soda or baking powder
(02:08):
if you want it to rise. Right, it was a flop.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
So yeah, I can't imagine because you bake all the time,
I mean throughout the year.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I just saw it said flower. Didn't even think maybe
that means self rising. But admittedly the person who my colleague,
she didn't specify. So I just went I winged it.
By the time that bread had cooled down, it was
like a brick. It could have been a doorstop. So
we went back to the drawing board. We used our
(02:41):
friendly friend Google and just google it, and so a
lot of sights came up. You know, all the baking
sites have it, right. I just picked one out of
the tan air and I started reading up on it,
and I was like, this is gonna be good, and
so yes, I remade it. And it came out and
(03:02):
it is the second day, it was so much better,
Like it's always good, fresh and warm when you comes
out of the oven.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
But oh m G.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
O MG, it is chef's kiss. Kudos to Sally's Baking
Obsession dot com because that's where I got the recipe,
So yeah, there you go. But yeah, that's what I did.
It was on a cool fall day here in North Carolina,
so I was taking advantage of it and filling all
the fields. So yeah, I'm like in full on Christmas mode.
(03:33):
No I have not decorated, but we're getting there. It's
not long now.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
Well, I'm going to have to find a recipe for
pumpkin bread that uses some other type of flour and
see if that works, because I mean, we're going to
get a little personal here for our listeners. I'm diabetic
and I control my diabetes with diet next size so
(04:00):
that way I don't have to take medication, so I
cannot have flour or sugar. And I know there's sugar
substitutes I could use, but I don't know which flour
would work for me because it all depends on the individually.
There's wheat flour, there's coconut flour. There's you know, I
can't even think of all there's several different types of
(04:20):
flowers out there, And maybe I could find a recipe
that I can use because I missed pumpkin bread every
year we made that.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Well, you know, there's a lot of recipes now that
I've seen here and there on social where you know,
they're making things that call for flower flowerless, so it's
like flowerless recipes. So maybe you can look up and
find it flowerless pumpkin bread recipes. There's got to be one,
and there's got to be a flower out there that
you can eat, you know, like for that something like that.
(04:51):
But anyway, let me know.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
But yeah, so.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
I am excited about the holiday season. I'm excited that
we're in all just excited period. So yes, here we
are and I'm excited. Also, I'm also jacked up today
because of our interview. It's a two for one, folks,
which Pam and I never get to interview rarely, if ever,
get to interview two guests at one time, and not
(05:19):
only two guests at one time, but two guests who
are starring in the same movie co starring in the
same movie. I mean, I am just so excited, and
I'm talking about the immensely talented Anna Marie Dobbins and
Mark Herman, And oh my goodness, that was such a
fun experience chatting with the two of them.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Absolutely. I you know, you just never know how a
two for one.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Because you know, maybe one is going to speak, one
is not going to speak, or one you know, we
don't want to talk over each other or whatever. But
we got it down. Pat, We've been doing this long
and office. It was such so much fun to speak
with them. I mean, I just love them. They're so cute.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yeah, they are really really cute, and it was just
a delight. It was a delightful time speaking with them.
They were very engaging and we're not at a loss
or words at all, so as you will see shortly,
it was wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yes it was, Yes, it was. Now don't forget.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
You can catch Anna Marie Dobbins and Mark Herman in
Howday will Be Christmas at Field's Ranch and that'll be
starting on November one on the streaming app so be
sure to check it out.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
You won't be sorry.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
And we are so excited and honored to bring you
our interview with Anna Marie Dobbins and Mark Herman.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Enjoy the show.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Hey everyone, it's Anna Marie Dobbins and Mark Herman and
you're listening to Pam and Dum.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Welcome Anna, Marie and Mark. How do we How did
we do this? We got two people at unst.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
I know how, like, you're weak?
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I love it. I love it.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
It's something different, and the more the merrier, as we say, yeah,
we thought.
Speaker 5 (07:15):
This was gonna be a video at first, and we
were a little worried because right now I have a
fake neck tash to you on and a slit in
my eyebrow for a role that I'm doing right now.
Speaker 6 (07:26):
And we're like, this isn't gonna look very Christmas if
we see this.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
You know what the collective cyber relief we did not hear,
but I can tell that this is a relief.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
Yeah, it's fake. We're glad it's fake.
Speaker 5 (07:45):
The last few days, so I go work out in
the gym and I see people looking at me like
I'm a lot tougher than I actually.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
And then the proverbial questions come, what does your tattoo mean?
Speaker 2 (07:57):
You know?
Speaker 1 (07:57):
And all that. So that's great, it's great.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
I love it.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
You don't want to know.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
Well, I have a question for both of you. But
of course, ladies, first, when did you discover you wanted
to be an actor or actress in your case?
Speaker 4 (08:18):
Yeah, so I started acting when I was thirteen, and
I'm originally from Birmingham, Alabama, So I just started locally
and small, like small commercials.
Speaker 7 (08:27):
I did a little bit.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Of print work and then started doing acting classes and
then caught the bug, as they say, and I worked
professionally as a you know, a child actor. I guess
essentially out of Atlanta, which Atlanta is a huge film market,
and so I was able to build my resume up
out of Atlanta. It's like a two hour drive growing up,
(08:48):
and so i'ld go over. I would work or do
an audition and come back and go to public school
and go over. So it was a back and forth thing.
And then I went to college for dance. I'm also
a dancer. Went to college for dance, and then moved
out to la full time to fully pursue acting after college.
Speaker 7 (09:06):
And yeah, that's kind of how I got my start.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Very very interesting.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
A lot of people don't even realize that maybe you
started as a child actor.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
There's some of the things that you can mention you did.
Speaker 5 (09:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
One of my very first feature films, I did Footloose,
the remake of Footloose.
Speaker 7 (09:31):
And so that was fun. I had a small role,
but I really got the acting bug. I did some Nickelodeon.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
I did a lot of commercials in print work, like
I was saying, but I landed my first leading role
once I was out in Los Angeles.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
How exciting and Mark you grew up next?
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, I never really had aspirations to act. When I
was a kid. I was a golfer, so I grew
up golfing my whole life. The original plan was to
play for professional golf. So I started playing golf.
Speaker 6 (10:02):
Over at uc San Diego and college, and.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
After a couple of years, I just got kind of
burnt out and I realized it was like more of
my dad's dream to be a professional golfer than it
was something I had decided for myself. So then there
was like a weird time where I didn't really know
what I wanted to do with my wife for about
a year because I was always so sure it was
going to be golf. And I started taking some elective classes.
I remember loving drama when I was in middle school,
(10:28):
so I took an intro to acting class for fun
and yeah, like.
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Anna said, I just got the book. I loved it.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
I started taking more acting classes, and right around the
time I graduated was my younger brother was moving out
straight from high school to LA to become a model,
and so I was like, well, I can move out there,
go live with my brother, pursue a career in acting.
And you know, I look back on it and I
(10:55):
was like, that was a really naive thing to do.
Speaker 6 (10:58):
And it probably was, but you know, I'm glad I did.
I love acting. I love filmmaking.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
I've gotten really interested in writing and directing as a
result of acting. So so just like filmmaking in general,
has just become like a huge passion of mine and
I hadn't really looked back ever since I kind of
started on this path.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Well, Mark, I have to tell you, I absolutely love golf.
I love to watch PG. I mean every weekend that
it's on. I'm glued. Pam has no passion. What's over
for golf? I talked to her about the players, and
she's like, I don't have any clue who you're talking.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
About, but I love she's pretty upsessed.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yeah, But on the flip side, we are thrilled that
you decided to pursue acting because we love you and
what you do, and so I think it's just been
a win win for you all the way around.
Speaker 6 (11:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (11:51):
I mean, hopefully down the line there will be a
role that comes up that can kind of bring the
two worlds together.
Speaker 6 (11:56):
That would be the dream.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Right.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Oh, absolutely, there you go. Well, my question is for
you Anna Marie. You've known for your known for balancing, acting, dance,
and fitness, and how do those creative outlets influence the
way you approach your roles.
Speaker 7 (12:15):
Well, that's a good question. I feel like because I
was I was born and bred a dancer.
Speaker 4 (12:21):
My mom owns a dance studio, and so I kind
of grew up in that world and being a dancer.
I feel like I'm very I see everything like through
your body, like the movement. I feel like I'm really
good on I'm set with like directions and being able
to like have I don't know, movement with my with
(12:41):
my scenes, if it makes any sense, So it kind
of you know, it goes hand in hand with each other.
I feel like as well, I feel like the memorization
is really similar to like memorizing choreography. So I feel like,
I mean, it's an art you know, at the end
of the day, I feel like you either have like
that artistic side or maybe you're more of like an
analytical side or something. But yeah, I feel like, thankfully
(13:03):
and and thankfully I've had, you know, a couple of
roles where I have had dancing in it. So that's
been fun to be able to, like Mark was saying,
be able to have the two worlds collide. So that's
been fun and I hope I get to continue that
as well.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
Yeah, and I think it teaches you have to listen
to the director otherwise there.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Yeah, no what you do? You know?
Speaker 7 (13:27):
That brings up a great point.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
I feel like for me, I'm really good at listening
and following directions because you know, the dancer, you're very
planned to listen to your teacher and follow the rules.
Like some people are more creative and like want to
have a lot more say an input, where I'm more
of like, let's collab, you know, tell me what you
see as the director, as the producer, as you know,
all the things. So that that's such a great point
(13:49):
we were actually just talking about that earlier.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Absolutely, because there's not a lot of good listeners out
there either, so that that gives you street cred. Now, Mark,
you transitioned from modeling to acting, So how did that
journey shape your perspective on storytelling and performance.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
I didn't really do too much modeling when I first
moved out to LA. I tried to get into it,
and I just I kind of hit a wall. I
don't really find any success in modeling. I don't think
my poses are up to par. Yes, but I think
I guess off of Anna because she grew up dancing
and I grew up golfing. I think one of the
(14:31):
things I definitely realized about golf, and I think a
lot of people will come from a sports background, is
there's a certain kind of like work ethic where you
understand the importance of training. Because there are a lot
of actors that come out to LA and just kind
of expect to land a huge role but aren't taking
it seriously as a craft and putting in the time
to train to get better. So I think having that
(14:52):
sports background, it's like you can't compete unless you're constantly training.
So I think a lot of people with that sports background,
like really take training series and are constantly working hard
to get better at what they're doing.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Absolutely, And it is a grind. I don't care what
career path you take, it's all I mean, you're always
having to do something to get better, to improve, and
you know you're working towards that next goal always and so.
But sports is a grind, and acting is a grind.
It is never ending, you know, So, Mark, my question is,
(15:28):
as someone newer to the holiday movie scene, what's been
the biggest surprised or learning experience for you?
Speaker 5 (15:36):
I think with the holiday movies, I realize how much
fun that they are. I mean I think a lot
of I mean me in particular, but I think a
lot of actors love dramatic roles and they love really
heavy moments. I'm actually drawn to like darker movies. That's
the kind of stuff that I like to watch.
Speaker 6 (15:55):
That I like to write.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
There's something like cathartic and fulfilling about like tapping into
these places emotionally that you don't experience on a day
to day. So I typically wasn't interested in kind of
like a lighthearted Christmas movie, but there's something about being
on set of a Christmas movie where everyone's just in
a great mood. No one's taking themselves too seriously, We're
all having fun. There's there's a certain energy to a
(16:19):
set like that, which is a nice contrast to the
other types of roles I mentioned. So I think that's
what I learned, is like they're just a lot of
fun to do, and it's cool being around that kind
of energy. It's cool during non Christmas season to be
surrounded by Christmas decorations and it's like you're in the
holiday spirit regardless of the year.
Speaker 8 (16:41):
Yeah, we had a lot of filed it in Rhode Island,
and so we did it actually last year and it
was during the holiday season, so like the town was
like decorated, and so we used.
Speaker 4 (16:51):
A lot of that to our advantage and we got
a lot of like really pretty snow days and so like,
and it was leading up to the Christmas holiday.
Speaker 7 (16:58):
So I feel like it got us into like that.
Speaker 6 (17:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (17:01):
One thing that was really cool is we scouted the
location the day before our first day of filming, and
it was cool.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
It was a really.
Speaker 5 (17:07):
Rustic ranch and then overnight it snows like crazy. So
we show up on the first day and the whole
ranch is just blanketing and snow and it looks so gorgeous,
and we just thought this is like a miracle, like
it's just so cool.
Speaker 6 (17:23):
How it just happened to work out that way.
Speaker 7 (17:26):
Yeah, so we got to use practical.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Yeah, well, maybe I should start acting in just holiday
movies and get myself into the Christmas spirit. Because John
is the one that's the Christmas fanatic where she'll live
it from July through December or even earlier. She's just
itching to put those Christmas decorations up. And I'm more
of the we call you to call me the humbug
(17:52):
because I don't get into Christmas until like maybe, you know,
things giving me time in December. So maybe I should
start acting and that would get me into it sooner.
Speaker 5 (18:06):
Its conception sometimes because I did a Christmas movie once
during the summer and people would be like, how do
you You can't shoot a Christmas.
Speaker 6 (18:14):
Movie in the summer.
Speaker 5 (18:14):
It's like Christmas movies can be shot year round, and
you're putting all these sweaters, you know, it's ninety degrees
out to try and make it look like it's cold.
Speaker 6 (18:22):
But yeah, the movies are shot year around.
Speaker 5 (18:24):
Ours just happened to be shot during the winter time, which, yeah,
which was cool.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Yeah, which is a good thing because you don't have
to wipe the sweat off your brow when you're doing
it right, movie.
Speaker 4 (18:36):
In the summer and you're in sweaters and you're like, bir,
it's freezing right.
Speaker 3 (18:41):
But I'm telling you, you guys are great answers because
you pull it off, so we never know that it's
you know, film that time.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
But are I know you from a lot of.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Other movies that you've done, the darker ones as Mark
was saying, you know, on those other channels as well
as the films. And I can't say that I don't
like one more than the other because I don't like
I love them both.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
What keeps you coming back to the festive stories?
Speaker 4 (19:14):
I think it's just like Mark was saying, it's just
fun to change it up. You know, you can kind
of live into one world for a while. But as
an actor, I feel like something I crave is just
versatility and be able to change, you know, the storyline
and the mindset and be able to dive deeper into
other genres.
Speaker 7 (19:31):
So yeah, it's just the change up.
Speaker 4 (19:34):
And we I mean, we co wrote this film together.
We were excited to get into some like so we
met doing a a thriller years ago.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
It was so good, it was so good.
Speaker 7 (19:50):
I know, I'm like, that's one for the grandkids, and yeah,
it's a great title.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
Then we did a Christmas movie and then years later
are we reconnected and started dating, and so we hadn't
worked together since we had been together, and so we
had really wanted to do a project together. We were like,
the only way to really be able to do that
is to write our own and to you know, act
in it. So we were trying to figure out what genre,
what world did we want to do, and we both
(20:18):
decided Christmas. We felt like it was a good like
jury point for us to kind of get into, you know,
that world is like from the back end as the
writers and.
Speaker 7 (20:29):
Producing and things like that.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
So yeah, so we I mean, that's why we chose
to do this one, because it was just like a
good entry point for us to kind of start working
together as a team.
Speaker 7 (20:40):
So it was fun.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
I absolutely love that because you know, and this is
a great lead in to Christmas at Phil Durant your movie,
because you really are both getting to live the best
of all worlds in this movie from start to finish,
and so tell us a little bit about your care
without giving too much away.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
Yeah, So I played Ben.
Speaker 5 (21:06):
I basically grew up in a small town around this
ranch that belonged to a family friend.
Speaker 6 (21:14):
Anna plays Daisy, who whose grandfather owned the ranch. So
we kind of hung out as kids.
Speaker 5 (21:22):
We were really close, really great friends, but never crossed
that threshold of a romantic relationship, even though we kind
of both felt it underneath. And then she moves out
to the big city after graduating high school. So Ben,
my character misses his chance to kind of tell her
(21:43):
how he feels. Until years later, when her grandfather passes,
she finds out that she inherits the ranch.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
So she comes.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
Back to town to kind of figure out what she's
going to do. Her boss is a she's a real
estate broker, and her boss kind of pressures it into
selling it to a high profile client.
Speaker 6 (22:01):
So she's kind of torn between what do I do
with this ranch?
Speaker 5 (22:03):
It holds so many memories, but at the same time, like,
my future is real estate, and this is an opportunity
to get this huge promotion I've been looking for.
Speaker 7 (22:11):
And of course, and you'll have to check out what happens.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Yeah, we definitely will. We're looking for you.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
Yeah, and we, like I've said a million times before,
we all know how the ending is going to be,
you know, but it's just getting to the ending. We'd
love to see the drama or the happiness or the
quirkiness or the misunderstandings or whatever the case might be.
So and of course, location or you know, even if
(22:42):
it's a set that looks like a location, it's always
wonderful to watch.
Speaker 6 (22:46):
Yeah, that was one of the cool things about this one.
Speaker 5 (22:48):
So when we when we wrote it, we specifically wrote
it about a ranch because we wanted to do something
in that type of location. We wanted to be able
to ride horses, like, we wanted to that kind of
ambiyonce for the film, and it was really cool. So
we got to shoot at an actual ranch and there
are multiple scenes of us riding horses. There's we got
so many shots of just horses, whether they're being pet
(23:11):
in the frame or they're in.
Speaker 6 (23:12):
The foreground or the background.
Speaker 5 (23:14):
But it just added so much more production value to
the entire shoot, which was really cool.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
Yeah, awesome. Well, were there any memorable or funny behind
the scenes the moments that you can share with us.
Speaker 5 (23:28):
So there's there's this scene where Anna and I are
both riding horses and we're searching for a horse that
got away. So I have a line where as we're
riding horses side by side, I say, all right, you
searched this way and I'll go this way.
Speaker 6 (23:42):
But every time she couldn't get.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
Her horse to stop, it wouldn't mind me, it wouldn't listen,
So her.
Speaker 5 (23:47):
Horse would already start going in that direction as I
delivered my line.
Speaker 4 (23:53):
Expect So I had to just like you know, improvise
and make it work because my horse just you know,
it was it was not an actor.
Speaker 7 (23:59):
It did not want to listen on mindset.
Speaker 4 (24:02):
So it was just funny because like Mark was like
a pro when I got on the horse, but the
horse knew that it was gonna wind with me.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
Well, we did.
Speaker 5 (24:09):
We did a horseback riding lesson and I actually took
took me for my birthday in April because we anticipated
shooting this film. Yeah, for a horseback riding lesson. Where
was it up in Malibu area? Yeah, And so we
had some experience riding horses, but those were trained horses.
Speaker 6 (24:27):
Now the ones at this ranch there.
Speaker 5 (24:29):
The horses are trained, but they're not like your typical
Hollywood horse that's like an act or horse like. These
were just you know, pretty well behaved horses. Yeah, but
they This might have been the first time these horses
have ever been on camera, you know, and horses can
get spooked by cameras and a lot of things can happen,
and these are huge animals.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
So it was, uh, it was, it was.
Speaker 7 (24:51):
It was fun and it was great to be around,
you know, and me very therapeutic.
Speaker 4 (24:54):
But at the same time, I'm like, this thing could
book me off and you know, do whatever it wanted
at anything.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
So right, Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (25:05):
Well I was only on the horse once growing up
and that was enough for me. And then I found
out I was severely allergic to horses. So that's not
going to happen ever again. So I'll let you guys
do it and I'll watch it on TV. So okay,
well that's the end of my questions. But Don has
(25:25):
a fine round for you.
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Yeah, and we always like to wrap up our interviews
with a really fun lightning round. It's all Christmas related.
Imagine that five questions, no wrong answers is just quick
fire off whatever comes to mind and both of you
can answer. So here we go. What is your favorite
Christmas tradition?
Speaker 7 (25:51):
Family?
Speaker 1 (25:53):
Your favorite Christmas song?
Speaker 6 (25:56):
Run rude off, then close coming down?
Speaker 1 (26:00):
Okay, favorite Christmas movie?
Speaker 6 (26:03):
The Night Member Before Christmas, Christmas Vacation.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
Hot Toddy or hot Chocolate.
Speaker 6 (26:11):
Hot Chocolate, Hot chocolate?
Speaker 1 (26:14):
And white lights are colored lights.
Speaker 4 (26:17):
We had a debate about this the other day.
Speaker 5 (26:20):
Currently deciding how we're going to decorate our house. And
I love the white lights because they look at icicles
coming down.
Speaker 7 (26:26):
White lights.
Speaker 6 (26:27):
Blue or white?
Speaker 7 (26:28):
Yeah, I want the warm, warm lights, and he wants
the blue lights. So we're in constant debate.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Blue lights are hard to look at. They're hard to
They're hard on my eyes. I love them. They're beautiful,
but it is so hard to look at, but they're beautiful.
Speaker 5 (26:47):
One of the really cool stylistic things about this movie
that our director Glenn did is all the scenes that
take place in the city, it's like a blue white Christmas.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
So it's it's like the colors.
Speaker 5 (26:59):
Are made it in that way, and then when you
get out to the ranch you get more of like
your reds, your oranges, your greens, like your more typical
Christmas color, so one feels a little bit more cold
and sterile while the other feels.
Speaker 6 (27:11):
Kind of warm and invited.
Speaker 7 (27:12):
Yeah that's cool. Yeah color Peala that he chose. That
was really smart.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
So I guess that's as as long as there's lights up,
that's all that matters to me.
Speaker 1 (27:25):
And the more the merrier too, by the way.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
Right exactly, Well, this was so much fun.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
We really appreciate you guys taking the time out to
speak with us about your movie Christmas. It feels ranch
which we will be watching mind you, and we welcome
you back anytime.
Speaker 5 (27:46):
Awesome. Thank you so much for having us. This is
awesome and I'm excited for you and everyone else to
see the film.
Speaker 7 (27:51):
Yeah, we're super excited.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Yes, and keep working together. We love it.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
We want to see Yeah, all right, more on the horizon.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
Good night.
Speaker 1 (28:01):
That's awesome to hear.
Speaker 3 (28:03):
Wonderful And since we won't speak to you before the holidays,
have a happy holiday.
Speaker 6 (28:08):
Thank you too, Happy holidays, you.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
Too, Thank you, thank you, thank you, bye bye. Thank
you so much for tuning in to our latest episode
of Christmas Movie Spotlight. Don't forget. You can find our
podcast on iHeartRadio. Spotify, iTunes, Spreaker, and more. Just search
Christmas Movie Spotlight spelled m u v i e s.
Speaker 3 (28:32):
For even more.
Speaker 9 (28:33):
Visit us online at christmasmoviespotlight dot com, Follow us on
our social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Follow at Christmas
Movie Spotlight, and on X Follow us at Christmas Movies,
which would be X M A S m u v
i e s. Until next time, stay merry and we'll
(28:53):
see you again real soon
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