October 11, 2025 • 34 mins
Join hosts Pam & Dawn on Christmas MuVies Spotlight as they chat with Meghan Ory, star of Hallmark’s brand-new movie “A Christmas Angel Match.” 🎄✨ Meghan shares behind-the-scenes stories, favorite Christmas memories, and what makes this film so special. It’s a heartwarming, festive interview you won’t want to miss!
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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,
my colleague and co host Pam. Hey, Pam, how are
you well?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm doing great. Thank you, And just for our audience
out there, yeah, I'm still her friend. Yeah, I'm still
her colleague. Yeah, I'm still her co hosts.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
For those who have been listening for the pat and
my urbans, no, and we have new listeners. I'm sure
that have no idea who you are, but now they
are due.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Right.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
It's really just a funny diddy that we say at
the top of the show because there you I always
lead with this, just so you know, listeners, because I
never know when I asked Pam, how are you what
she's going to come back with. We don't script this,
so there you are, yes.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Much so, Yeah, we we just took a mini break,
and you know, so we have to like give little
things to little clues to who we are and what
we were and who were gonna be and so on
and so forth. So there you go. I'll die, I know, and.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
We are I think finally getting back in the mix
of things. It's been what two years as we did.
We wrapped season five thinking that, you know, with COVID,
and then the writers strike, the actor strike that oh yes,
you know, it was just never gonna happen again. So
we decided we were going to end the show. And
then people started reaching out, going, hey, are y'all doing
(02:00):
your show this year? And we were like, no, yes,
and then we started talking about it, and then we
realized maybe we should, and then it went from that
to Okay, I'm getting the website updated and here's what
we're doing, and we just started bouncing ideas and so
here we are. Christmas Movie. Spotlight season six has arrived.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
And it's going to be a good one.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yes. Indeed, Now we have an amazing guest for our
episode today, and I must tell you she is someone
that Pam and I have i think been trying to
get on the show for some time, and her schedule
has just been so busy, and finally we were able
to do that and we're so excited to be able
(02:51):
to chat with her and bring this interview to you.
And I'm talking about Megan or She is going to
be starring in one of the Hallmark movies this year.
And also you may remember Megan. In case you haven't
seen a Hallmark movie with Megan in it, she was
in Once Upon a Time back in the day and
(03:13):
she was phenomenal in it. So I tell you we
are so excited to speak with her.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Don't forget you speak suors.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
That is true. I totally blanked, not intentionally, but yes,
But I think when she was in Once Upon a Time,
that's kind of where most people became familiar with her.
And then when she started doing movies on Hamewark and
then the series tries to speak shores people. Really, I mean,
she grew a whole new, brand new fan base just
(03:43):
from Hallmark alone. So she has done some amazing things
throughout her career and so we were just so excited
to be able to chat with her.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Absolutely. And the Hallmark movie she's starring in this year
is called The Christmas Angel Match and from her just
script and I cannot wait to see this.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, I think it's you know, we've kind of seen
the list, as I know many people have now of
all the releases for Hallmark this year, and this one
I think is going to be pretty much at the
top of the list. I just hearing to talk about
it and she didn't give too much away, so that's
a good thing. But we can't wait. It's going to
be great. We are so excited and honored to bring
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you our interview with Meghan or enjoy the show.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Hi, this is Megan Riy and you're listening to Pam
and Don.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Hi. Meghan, thanks so much for calling in. We truly
appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
To We're nice to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Pam, thank you, thank you. We know you're extremely busy,
so we won't keep you along.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Graham, happy to talk to you.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
I was listening my first interview for this movie, so
I'm I'm excited to talk about it seriously.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Wow, Well, thank you so much. We're honored. The first
question I'd like to ask you, though, is one that
I asked all guests. We'd get some really great answers,
and we get some typical answers, and we get some
interesting answers. Okay, so when did you know you wanted
to be an actress? Like, is this something you knew
(05:24):
as a little girl or later on when you grew up. I, well,
my mom was like an acting teacher at a high school,
like a high school acting.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
Teacher, and so she kind of got me started doing
it when I was like three or four, and I
did my first play when I was five, So I like,
it's kind of it doesn't feel like a very interesting answer,
but I kind of knew I wanted to do it
from the time I was five, and then my mom
(05:58):
made me wait until I was old enough to pay
for my own headshots, so I like babysat and start
of saving money to get head shots, and so I
started acting when I think I got my first agent
when I was like fourteen, and my first job when
I was sixteen, and I've been.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Doing it ever since.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I'm a like it kind of went to one of
two ways you wanted to be an actress or you
wanted to be far away from that after watching your
mom do it, you.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Know, yeah, yeah, I mean I think she kind of
she got me started doing all the kind of fun
parts of it, like being comfortable being in front of
people and being on stage and you know, singing and
dancing and just kind of being comfortable being in front
of people.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
And then and then as I.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Kind of learned more about how to do it and
the industry and all of that, I kind of I
fell more in love with it, But yes, I definitely
could have very much shied away from it after seeing
her do it and just not wanting to do something
that my parents wanted me to do, or not that
she wanted me to do it, but something that she did,
because I feel like it goes either way with parents
(07:09):
and kids.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That's true, And honestly, I am We're both grateful that
you didn't shy away from it, because you're a phenomenal
actress and we love your work and uh you So
I'd like to step back in time a little bit,
if you will, and talk about the book series that
you wrote for girls called Chronicles of the Girl Wars. Now,
Oh my god, how do you know about that? Well,
(07:33):
I just I, you know, kind of came across that
and I was so fascinated. I've always been a bookworm
for one thing, and so I thought, how inspiring, Like
it's one thing to write a single book, but to
write a series and for a special demographic, you know,
of readers. And so one of the things I wanted
to ask was being a mom yourself, like, what lessons
(07:56):
or takeaways from that series would you impart to your
children or young readers of the series.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Well, it's funny, so I wrote that I wrote that book.
When did I write that, Like probably ten years ago now,
and I kind of did one. I did one sort
of big push out into the world to send it
to publishers, and I had no idea what I was doing,
and I wasn't producing at that point, and I think
(08:27):
I sent it to maybe five people, and I didn't
get any interest in them. I was just kind of
like eh. And so it's never no one outside of
my family has ever actually read it.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
And it's funny that.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
You mentioned that, because I was talking to my producing
partner the other day and I was like, you know,
I wrote this book a really long time ago, and
I feel like it would make a cool series, or
maybe I should just actually try to publish it again,
because I always think about the JK. Rowling story about
like she sent Harry Potter out to like one hundred
people and like everybody passed on it except for one.
(08:58):
And I think I realized it actually takes a lot
of rejection before you find your home for something, or
like the home for your thing that you've created. But
I also I am a little bit nervous about it because
it's sort of based on my life in high school
and the idea behind how sometimes your very best friends
(09:20):
are also your worst enemies in high school, because that
was sort of my experience, and I'm still like, I
love my best friends from high school more than anything,
Like they're like my sisters, but we definitely all had
our issues in high school of you know, everybody feeling
competitive with like who's friends with who, and just you know,
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the whole everything that happens, for particularly from a girl's perspective,
in high school, can be quite difficult.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
So that's sort of what the book is about. So
I kind of feel like I need to get permission
from them before I publish it. Well, you're not putting
real names in there, right, but they would definitely read
it be like I remember that.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
That's the beauty of writing, is that you can change
it up to where it's based on real experiences, but
it can still seem fictional too, you know, without namings.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Now, I've told everybody that it's autobiographical, so.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
I didn't even put that in the question. By the way,
I you know, I think about kids growing up today
and all the things that they are up against, you know,
with the cyber bullion and all the various things that
they deal with, And I almost think the book would
be incredibly relevant for the times that we're here, and
it would be incredibly helpful, you know, for a lot
(10:42):
of teens that and I think it would be appealing
to a lot of readers too.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
So well, maybe I'm going to have to just pull
it out again and put it out there. It's definitely
definitely some cautionary tales because I mean, I feel like
the thing with high school is I always say whenever
I have a friend that has a daughter, particularly who
reaches around eleven or twelve, I always say, like, say
(11:09):
goodbye to them as they go around the dark side
of the moon, and they'll come back when they're seventeen
or eighteen and you'll see them again.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Because I'm right, exactly crazy person. When I was in
high school, like I was, everything was so upset, Like
I was, everything was.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
So terrible and dramatic and just I mean, my poor mother,
like the things that I would come home from school
with being upset about, and like, in retrospection, like that
was ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
But it just feels so big when you're that age. Everything, Yeah,
everything's changing and it's hard and I can't imagine how
it must be for kids with the internet now, Like
I just it's just the idea that your drama at
school follows you home just must be so stressful. And
(11:55):
my kids are little, so I.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Haven't you know, gotten into that yet, but I just
I feel for parents and kids these these days.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
So yeah, maybe I will bring it out.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, well, we could do a whole interview on just
that subject alone. So but yes, it's true. Let us
know if you do go ahead with release, re releasing
those books and maybe doing a series about it, because
we'd love to know about it. Sure, many fans know
you from Chesapeake Shores, including Don and myself, and we were,
(12:30):
oh my god, we could not even wait for the
next episode. It was with such anticipation. It is so
so good. It was rooted in storytellings like family, community,
personal growth and such. Do you think being on that
series could possibly inspire you to write a series for TV?
Speaking of writing a series.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
It actually it actually has and I have I have
a series that I'm actually writing right now that is
it's I would say it's probably inspired by Chesapeake Shores
because I agree, like I always loved the show Parenthood.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
I don't know if you ever watched that, And when.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
We started Chesapeake, there was always like this kind of
feeling of wanting to kind of capture that same love
that that family had in Parenthood, And I feel like,
I feel like that's something that we did really well,
and I think that that is accredited to like the amazing,
(13:34):
amazing cast, Like the ensemble cast was just incredible, and
I feel like the dynamic, like the sibling dynamics that
we had and the parent dynamics that we had, like
was just it felt so it just felt really real,
and the writing was great, and I feel like I
(13:57):
miss having a story like that on television that I
want to watch and like a family that I want
to hang out with and like see how they're doing
and spend time with. And so yes, I think if
I could create something to like extend on that world,
I would I would love to do that or for
someone else to do it, and I would be in
(14:20):
it because I love I love doing that type of storytelling.
It's just it's so much fun when you get to
play with so many different actors and you have those
types of that type of history with the other actors
is just it's really fun.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Yeah, and especially that type of storytelling is so relatable
to the viewers because we've all lived those type experiences
and situations, and just to see it from a different
perspective of how it's played out on screen, it can
be kind of reassuring in a way that you don't
feel like you're the only one that's ever been through something,
you know, And I think that's the beauty of storytelling.
(14:56):
But when you're not working in front of or behind
the camera, what creative outlets or hobbies or passes do
you turn to to kind of help recharge you?
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Well, I mean writing, I really feel like is my
creative outlet for when I'm not acting. Like I acting
will always be my first love.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
But I started writing when I was probably ten or eleven,
and so that's something that I've always loved doing. And
I feel like, you just there's you know, it's kind
of limitless what you can what stories you can tell,
and how you can tell a story, and how you
can create different worlds. And I love that and I'm
(15:41):
excited to kind of step into that a bit more,
especially as now that I have three children, it's much
easier to write something and kind of be more in
control of because I'm producing as well now, so sort
of being able to control my schedule a little bit
more as helpful with having little kids. It's hard to
(16:04):
kind of pick up and go across the world to
do something on someone else's timeline, So that that's definitely
been nice. Something that they don't talk about a lot
with women and film just I mean, and I guess
my men have to obviously deal with it as well,
but there's something about you know, I was pregnant first
(16:26):
with all three of my children on Chestpeake Shores, and
in fact, there were ten babies born from season one
until season six.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Oh my gosh, yeah, yeah, I think I I think
I read age.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
I think I read that all three of you in
season six were pregnant at the same time and we were.
And I was like, the show did an incredible job
of concealing that because you couldn't tail and I think
people obviously knew it once they saw that, but I
read about it, but it was just it was great.
But I was like, yes, wonderful. You know that you're
(17:02):
kind of getting to fulfil all sides of yourself, you know,
being a mom, a wife, an actress, a writer, you know,
lots of irons in the fower, but yet you're getting
to do everything you love to do, and that's that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Well, and honestly, that's why I really love working for
Homework because I feel like there's other places that you
can work and they are not as open and supportive
of work, being working while you're pregnant or you know.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
We had a room and it was like a lay
down because you're sick and pregnant, a pumping room, a
nursing room, like it was just like anybody who has
like is either growing a human or has to feed
a human, like you go in here and there was.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Just always so much space for that.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
And I feel like that's not something I've experienced all
the time in other places that I've worked, and I
have to tip my hat to Homework for always being
very supportive of that, and also are our producer Dan Paulson.
He was just like, yep, sure, like never blinked and
(18:09):
no person's pregnant, Matt, all right, cool, Like that's fine.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Does it speaks the hallmark in terms of the values
that they they you know, emulate and what they've always
tried to portray both in the storytelling aspect but also
behind the scenes with the actors and the cast and crew.
And I mean it's just to have that support from
an employer is is incredible because it doesn't happen in
a lot of places. So it's a blessing in a
(18:38):
big way. And I've got to say, as we're talking
about Homemark, we Pam and I are just so excited
to watch your upcoming project this holiday season, A Christmas
Angel Match. And would you mind sharing a little bit
about the movie without giving too much.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Away, I would love to. So Christmas Angel Match is
a story about everybody having a special kind of guardian
angel that watches over you and helps create a love
match for you at Christmas time. And so the story
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is about these angels that basically work in an office
that is sort of picking.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Which people should be matched together at Christmas time because
the magic of Christmas makes love matches so much easier.
But these angels are having a little bit of trouble
because of the Internet and all sorts of different like
modern things that The main angel, Monica, who I play's
(19:48):
she's always been She's she's always been the best at
what she does. And in this modern day, she's struggling
a little bit. So the movie is about her trying
to figure out how to do her job match making
deserving couples in this modern day. And so she gets
paired up with the new hot hot angel on the
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on the on the job, Ben Airs, who's the hot
hot angel, and he does it a different way and
he's taken things up, and so they get paired together
and they they learn how to they learn from each
other some new ways of matchmaking.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
I love it. I love it. Anything to do with
Angels is my kind of movie. And then when you
pair that with Christmas, I mean, you can't get much
better than that, other than the cast, including yourself, you know, yeah,
is pretty.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
We got pretty lucky with our cast. Our cast is
pretty fantastic. Because there's also there's two love stories.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
So there's there's Ben and I kind of are working
figuring out how to work together, and then there's the
couple that we're matching, and so then there's their love story,
which is like the traditional sort of you know, how
you meet somebody and fall in love kind of thing,
going down with the human on the human level.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Yeah, and I love that. This is that modern day
time with the you know, yeah, just like.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
What you were saying about, you know, kids in school.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
Like, I just feel like it's such a part of
our constant, you know, what's going on in all of
our brains of like trying to figure out and navigate
how to work around all of this technology all the time,
and and all the different places that it kind of
bleeds into in life.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
This is so true.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Well with having worn so many hats in a Christmas
Angel match writer, executive producer, star, I mean everything, how
did you handle all that? And what part of the
creative process surprised you the most?
Speaker 3 (21:52):
How did I handle that well? So we filmed in Ottawa,
which originally we were trying to film in Nova Scotia,
which is where I am currently living, because I wanted
to be able to be, you know, able to come
home at night and put the kids to bed and
all of that, and we weren't able to do that.
And I actually feel like it was it was a
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little bit difficult because I would fly.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
Home on the weekends to see them, but I feel
like it was it was a bit easier to not
to be able to take my mom hat off at
work because sometimes usually I'm like, I'll come home and
like try to get them ready for bed and then
go back to work, and I'm kind of going back
and forth. So it was because I was wearing so
many hats on this movie. It was nice that I
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was able to just kind of step into work mode
when I was there and sort of compartmentalize a little bit.
And my husband took over the child rearing for that time,
and it was like kind of felt like I was
on vacation, to be honest, So it was kind of
(22:57):
a nice break, but it was it was very weird
to be saying my own words, and also to be
sort of discussing scenes with then other actors and collaborating
with them and with like my actor.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Had on and real and realizing.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
Oh, okay, this is cool because this is something I
didn't think of, And it's just it's kind of showcases
how collaborative just the entire process of making a movie
is and how much fun it is when it is collaborative,
because everybody's got great ideas, and the more great ideas
you have, the better the story becomes, and the more
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fun everybody has. And so yeah, I just I really
enjoyed that part of just getting to collaborate with everybody
and and.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
See it all come to life. It's weird to you know,
write something down and then see it on a screen
and it just started from nothing. It's it was really exciting.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
Yeah, that that has to be incredibly fulfilling just to
you know, to see it all come to fruit and
then knowing that viewers are going to be able to
experience it as well, you know when it comes out.
So we're very excited for you. And you know, fans
often look at holiday movies is kind of a comfort food.
I know, Pam and I do we when it comes
(24:16):
to be you know that this time of year, we're
just anxiously awaiting the kickoff of the Christmas season in
the movies. But when you think about your body of
work as a whole, once one role or project that
personally gave you that same sense of comfort or homecoming.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Well, I mean it's kind of a cheat.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
But I sort of feel like the Christmas movie did
last year, which was Believing Christmas that I did with
my husband.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
John reirdd Oh, yeah, I was.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
It was.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
It was pretty fun to we haven't worked together for
like twenty years, and and again my producing partner and
director Christy will Wolf. She directed it, and we shot
a lot of that movie in John's system house and
uh so a lot of and his parents cottage, so
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there was just a lot of Like it just felt
very cozy and fun to just do the movie because
it was just.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
You know, all of our family places and then we've
got to use the students as locations, which was pretty fun.
And I was not sure if we were going to
be able to work together John and I, but we
actually worked together very well and had a lot of fun,
and I think the movie turned out really well. So
I'm hoping we're going to get another chance to do
(25:36):
another one down the road because it was pretty fun.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Do you at as the producer and writer and such,
do you get to pick who was cast in that movie?
I get an opinion.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
I do get it. I do get an opinion.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
I don't get to pick, but I definitely get to
weigh in, which normally you get little to not say.
If you're just even if you're the lead on something,
it's you know, that's a completely different lane. So like
Lindura who's on Sullivan's Crossing and she was in Believe
in Christmas and then she's also in Christmas Angel Match.
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She's amazing and she's so funny, and she's this like
the sweetest human and she's just amazing. She's just like
a wonderful person and she's a great actress and she's
beautiful and lovely. And we saw her audition tape for
Believe in Christmas, and Christy and I the director, where
we were watching tapes and we both saw her at
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the same time. We're like, that's her, that's it, That's
she's it, and yeah, like it was just like there
was just no question.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
You always hear that that happens, and it happened, and like,
I can't imagine anyone else making that role work. And
then when we were doing this movie.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
I wrote that role for her and I was because
I was like, she needs to have her like she
had a love story and Believe in Christmas. But I
was like, I want to see more of her because
she's so wonderful, and so it's nice to be able
to kind of have just be involved in that side
of things. I really enjoyed that.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
It's going to be exciting to see her and how
it's gonna all come together once it's on screen, and
and you know, with Pam and I getting all this
backstory to the creativity and the writing process and how
it's all come together, I mean, it's going to be
exciting for us to see this and that perception and
that view when it comes out. So congratulations on that.
(27:45):
We're very happy for you and the crew and everyone
in the movie.
Speaker 3 (27:48):
So well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
I hope you.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
I hope you like it. And if you hate the writing,
that don't tell me.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
I don't think that it's going to be an issue
at all.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Now.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
I was like Sowner because I wrote it under a
pen name originally, because I just I don't know, I
just I feel like writing is just such a different thing,
and I just felt very sort of nervous about it.
And after sort of as we were filming the movie,
some of the crew and Christy and other people were like,
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you really should just put your name on this and
just talk about it, and I was absolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Because it's it sounds amazing, So you should be very
proud of all of this that you've accomplished for this project,
because that was no small feed, I'm sure, but the
output is going to be wonderful. So before we wrap
this up. We always like to do a little something
that we call the Lightning Round and it's a lot
of fun. We ask you five questions and there are
(28:48):
no wrong answers, and this all Christmas related. So what
is your favorite Christmas tradition?
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Probably decorating the tree? I think.
Speaker 4 (29:02):
I feel like I feel like once your tree is up,
it feels like Christmas. And I actually usually put my
tree up early. I've been known to put it up
like November first. It's like once Halloween's over, I'm like, Okay,
it's Christmas right exactly Thanksgiving, But but you know, sometimes
(29:23):
I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
Now you're working or exactly alike, And look, Pam and
I are kind of pull her opposite.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
She's come a long way in the well now sixth
year that we've done this show. You know, she was
really by humbug to start, but she's come a long way.
But yeah, I mean, and you're also working for a company,
Megan that you know, one of their highlights of the
whole year is the countdown to Christmas season, and so
it's kind of hard not to be influenced by that
and just get bitten by the Christmas bug, you know.
(29:55):
So what is your favorite Christmas song?
Speaker 3 (30:00):
My favorite Christmas song is probably Silent Night.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Oh yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Don't know why.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
I don't know, I just I feel like it just
I feel like it's Christmas once once you hear Silent Night.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
I don't know why.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
And what is your favorite Christmas movie?
Speaker 5 (30:18):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (30:19):
Oh, obviously the Christmas Angel Match, besides the.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
One you've written.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I'm a big I'm a big home alone person. I
don't know, but I have to.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
I have to watch Home Alone at Christmas time or
else it doesn't feel like Christmas. I think it's I
think that's kind of the thing that is so fun
about Christmas is there's always things from like your childhood
that are happy memories, usually that are somehow linked to
the things that you like as an adult.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
I definitely find andy And I don't know why. I
just you. I feel like I always go back to.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Like things that when you're a kid, and even if
like your day is bad, once it's Christmas time, you're like, Okay,
well everything's going to look pretty and be sparkly at least.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Right, that's right? So hot Toddy or hot chocolate?
Speaker 3 (31:21):
Oh oh oh, I don't. It depends if there's okay,
hot chocolate. It's a hard one, though, That's a tough one.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
White lights are colored lights?
Speaker 3 (31:35):
What's up?
Speaker 1 (31:36):
White lights are colored lights?
Speaker 3 (31:38):
Well? I like white lights, but now that I have
children colored lights, Oh yeah, we don't like my white lights.
It's the whole thing.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
I like any lights, you know, I like sparkle, like whatever.
You know, the more the barrier to me.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
That's true, that's true.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
But that would begin said closer to Christmas, not in July,
like when John says, okay, it's Christmas in July, let's
let's do all this, you know. But she's also the
first one to take her decorations send her tree down
before I do, so make that make sense.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
Yes, I also do that too, because I've had them
up for so long.
Speaker 4 (32:20):
It's like, as as soon as I like to take
it down before New Year's because then I want to
start the year.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Right, fresh, fresh start, I mean. And my philosophy is
I decorate as early as possible because it's a lot
of work and you want to be able to enjoy
it more than three or four weeks, you know. So,
but by year's end, after Christmas, I'm ready for it
to come down, you know. And it's not as much
fun taking it down though, I'm afraid.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
No, it's definitely not. I wish there was like a
magic magic button you could push and just all disappears
by exactly. Somebody invents that. Please.
Speaker 5 (32:58):
Yeah, well, Megan, we want to thank you so much
for spending time with us and sharing all of your
thoughts and your new movie that's coming out on Hallmark.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Do we have a date on that yet?
Speaker 3 (33:13):
We don't have a date yet, but I I would
imagine that this will probably come out right before the
movie does.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
So okay, all right, Well, everybody into a Christmas Angel
match on Hallmark when it comes out. We'll definitely post
it on you know, social media when we get a date. Perfect, perfect, Well,
keep in touch. We'd love to speak with you again
down the line, and we absolutely I'll have.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
You've given me a lot to think about with the
chronicles of the Girl Wars.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
There you go to take that next project.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
Yeah, amazing to meet you both and chat with you
and have a wonderful day.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Thank you too.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Okay, bye, Thank you so much for tuning in to
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(34:39):
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,
my colleague and co host Pam. Hey, Pam, how are
you well?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I'm doing great. Thank you, And just for our audience
out there, yeah, I'm still her friend. Yeah, I'm still
her colleague. Yeah, I'm still her co hosts.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
For those who have been listening for the pat and
my urbans, no, and we have new listeners. I'm sure
that have no idea who you are, but now they
are due.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Right.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
It's really just a funny diddy that we say at
the top of the show because there you I always
lead with this, just so you know, listeners, because I
never know when I asked Pam, how are you what
she's going to come back with. We don't script this,
so there you are, yes.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Much so, Yeah, we we just took a mini break,
and you know, so we have to like give little
things to little clues to who we are and what
we were and who were gonna be and so on
and so forth. So there you go. I'll die, I know, and.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
We are I think finally getting back in the mix
of things. It's been what two years as we did.
We wrapped season five thinking that, you know, with COVID,
and then the writers strike, the actor strike that oh yes,
you know, it was just never gonna happen again. So
we decided we were going to end the show. And
then people started reaching out, going, hey, are y'all doing
(02:00):
your show this year? And we were like, no, yes,
and then we started talking about it, and then we
realized maybe we should, and then it went from that
to Okay, I'm getting the website updated and here's what
we're doing, and we just started bouncing ideas and so
here we are. Christmas Movie. Spotlight season six has arrived.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
And it's going to be a good one.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yes. Indeed, Now we have an amazing guest for our
episode today, and I must tell you she is someone
that Pam and I have i think been trying to
get on the show for some time, and her schedule
has just been so busy, and finally we were able
to do that and we're so excited to be able
(02:51):
to chat with her and bring this interview to you.
And I'm talking about Megan or She is going to
be starring in one of the Hallmark movies this year.
And also you may remember Megan. In case you haven't
seen a Hallmark movie with Megan in it, she was
in Once Upon a Time back in the day and
(03:13):
she was phenomenal in it. So I tell you we
are so excited to speak with her.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Don't forget you speak suors.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
That is true. I totally blanked, not intentionally, but yes,
But I think when she was in Once Upon a Time,
that's kind of where most people became familiar with her.
And then when she started doing movies on Hamewark and
then the series tries to speak shores people. Really, I mean,
she grew a whole new, brand new fan base just
(03:43):
from Hallmark alone. So she has done some amazing things
throughout her career and so we were just so excited
to be able to chat with her.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Absolutely. And the Hallmark movie she's starring in this year
is called The Christmas Angel Match and from her just
script and I cannot wait to see this.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, I think it's you know, we've kind of seen
the list, as I know many people have now of
all the releases for Hallmark this year, and this one
I think is going to be pretty much at the
top of the list. I just hearing to talk about
it and she didn't give too much away, so that's
a good thing. But we can't wait. It's going to
be great. We are so excited and honored to bring
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you our interview with Meghan or enjoy the show.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Hi, this is Megan Riy and you're listening to Pam
and Don.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Hi. Meghan, thanks so much for calling in. We truly
appreciate you.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
To We're nice to talk to you.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Pam, thank you, thank you. We know you're extremely busy,
so we won't keep you along.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Graham, happy to talk to you.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Oh.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
I was listening my first interview for this movie, so
I'm I'm excited to talk about it seriously.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Wow, Well, thank you so much. We're honored. The first
question I'd like to ask you, though, is one that
I asked all guests. We'd get some really great answers,
and we get some typical answers, and we get some
interesting answers. Okay, so when did you know you wanted
to be an actress? Like, is this something you knew
(05:24):
as a little girl or later on when you grew up. I, well,
my mom was like an acting teacher at a high school,
like a high school acting.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
Teacher, and so she kind of got me started doing
it when I was like three or four, and I
did my first play when I was five, So I like,
it's kind of it doesn't feel like a very interesting answer,
but I kind of knew I wanted to do it
from the time I was five, and then my mom
(05:58):
made me wait until I was old enough to pay
for my own headshots, so I like babysat and start
of saving money to get head shots, and so I
started acting when I think I got my first agent
when I was like fourteen, and my first job when
I was sixteen, and I've been.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
Doing it ever since.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I'm a like it kind of went to one of
two ways you wanted to be an actress or you
wanted to be far away from that after watching your
mom do it, you.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
Know, yeah, yeah, I mean I think she kind of
she got me started doing all the kind of fun
parts of it, like being comfortable being in front of
people and being on stage and you know, singing and
dancing and just kind of being comfortable being in front
of people.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
And then and then as I.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Kind of learned more about how to do it and
the industry and all of that, I kind of I
fell more in love with it, But yes, I definitely
could have very much shied away from it after seeing
her do it and just not wanting to do something
that my parents wanted me to do, or not that
she wanted me to do it, but something that she did,
because I feel like it goes either way with parents
(07:09):
and kids.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That's true, And honestly, I am We're both grateful that
you didn't shy away from it, because you're a phenomenal
actress and we love your work and uh you So
I'd like to step back in time a little bit,
if you will, and talk about the book series that
you wrote for girls called Chronicles of the Girl Wars. Now,
Oh my god, how do you know about that? Well,
(07:33):
I just I, you know, kind of came across that
and I was so fascinated. I've always been a bookworm
for one thing, and so I thought, how inspiring, Like
it's one thing to write a single book, but to
write a series and for a special demographic, you know,
of readers. And so one of the things I wanted
to ask was being a mom yourself, like, what lessons
(07:56):
or takeaways from that series would you impart to your
children or young readers of the series.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Well, it's funny, so I wrote that I wrote that book.
When did I write that, Like probably ten years ago now,
and I kind of did one. I did one sort
of big push out into the world to send it
to publishers, and I had no idea what I was doing,
and I wasn't producing at that point, and I think
(08:27):
I sent it to maybe five people, and I didn't
get any interest in them. I was just kind of
like eh. And so it's never no one outside of
my family has ever actually read it.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
And it's funny that.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
You mentioned that, because I was talking to my producing
partner the other day and I was like, you know,
I wrote this book a really long time ago, and
I feel like it would make a cool series, or
maybe I should just actually try to publish it again,
because I always think about the JK. Rowling story about
like she sent Harry Potter out to like one hundred
people and like everybody passed on it except for one.
(08:58):
And I think I realized it actually takes a lot
of rejection before you find your home for something, or
like the home for your thing that you've created. But
I also I am a little bit nervous about it because
it's sort of based on my life in high school
and the idea behind how sometimes your very best friends
(09:20):
are also your worst enemies in high school, because that
was sort of my experience, and I'm still like, I
love my best friends from high school more than anything,
Like they're like my sisters, but we definitely all had
our issues in high school of you know, everybody feeling
competitive with like who's friends with who, and just you know,
(09:42):
the whole everything that happens, for particularly from a girl's perspective,
in high school, can be quite difficult.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
So that's sort of what the book is about. So
I kind of feel like I need to get permission
from them before I publish it. Well, you're not putting
real names in there, right, but they would definitely read
it be like I remember that.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
That's the beauty of writing, is that you can change
it up to where it's based on real experiences, but
it can still seem fictional too, you know, without namings.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
Now, I've told everybody that it's autobiographical, so.
Speaker 1 (10:20):
I didn't even put that in the question. By the way,
I you know, I think about kids growing up today
and all the things that they are up against, you know,
with the cyber bullion and all the various things that
they deal with, And I almost think the book would
be incredibly relevant for the times that we're here, and
it would be incredibly helpful, you know, for a lot
(10:42):
of teens that and I think it would be appealing
to a lot of readers too.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
So well, maybe I'm going to have to just pull
it out again and put it out there. It's definitely
definitely some cautionary tales because I mean, I feel like
the thing with high school is I always say whenever
I have a friend that has a daughter, particularly who
reaches around eleven or twelve, I always say, like, say
(11:09):
goodbye to them as they go around the dark side
of the moon, and they'll come back when they're seventeen
or eighteen and you'll see them again.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Because I'm right, exactly crazy person. When I was in
high school, like I was, everything was so upset, Like
I was, everything was.
Speaker 4 (11:24):
So terrible and dramatic and just I mean, my poor mother,
like the things that I would come home from school
with being upset about, and like, in retrospection, like that
was ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
But it just feels so big when you're that age. Everything, Yeah,
everything's changing and it's hard and I can't imagine how
it must be for kids with the internet now, Like
I just it's just the idea that your drama at
school follows you home just must be so stressful. And
(11:55):
my kids are little, so I.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Haven't you know, gotten into that yet, but I just
I feel for parents and kids these these days.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
So yeah, maybe I will bring it out.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, well, we could do a whole interview on just
that subject alone. So but yes, it's true. Let us
know if you do go ahead with release, re releasing
those books and maybe doing a series about it, because
we'd love to know about it. Sure, many fans know
you from Chesapeake Shores, including Don and myself, and we were,
(12:30):
oh my god, we could not even wait for the
next episode. It was with such anticipation. It is so
so good. It was rooted in storytellings like family, community,
personal growth and such. Do you think being on that
series could possibly inspire you to write a series for TV?
Speaking of writing a series.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
It actually it actually has and I have I have
a series that I'm actually writing right now that is
it's I would say it's probably inspired by Chesapeake Shores
because I agree, like I always loved the show Parenthood.
Speaker 3 (13:11):
I don't know if you ever watched that, And when.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
We started Chesapeake, there was always like this kind of
feeling of wanting to kind of capture that same love
that that family had in Parenthood, And I feel like,
I feel like that's something that we did really well,
and I think that that is accredited to like the amazing,
(13:34):
amazing cast, Like the ensemble cast was just incredible, and
I feel like the dynamic, like the sibling dynamics that
we had and the parent dynamics that we had, like
was just it felt so it just felt really real,
and the writing was great, and I feel like I
(13:57):
miss having a story like that on television that I
want to watch and like a family that I want
to hang out with and like see how they're doing
and spend time with. And so yes, I think if
I could create something to like extend on that world,
I would I would love to do that or for
someone else to do it, and I would be in
(14:20):
it because I love I love doing that type of storytelling.
It's just it's so much fun when you get to
play with so many different actors and you have those
types of that type of history with the other actors
is just it's really fun.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Yeah, and especially that type of storytelling is so relatable
to the viewers because we've all lived those type experiences
and situations, and just to see it from a different
perspective of how it's played out on screen, it can
be kind of reassuring in a way that you don't
feel like you're the only one that's ever been through something,
you know, And I think that's the beauty of storytelling.
(14:56):
But when you're not working in front of or behind
the camera, what creative outlets or hobbies or passes do
you turn to to kind of help recharge you?
Speaker 3 (15:06):
Well, I mean writing, I really feel like is my
creative outlet for when I'm not acting. Like I acting
will always be my first love.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
But I started writing when I was probably ten or eleven,
and so that's something that I've always loved doing. And
I feel like, you just there's you know, it's kind
of limitless what you can what stories you can tell,
and how you can tell a story, and how you
can create different worlds. And I love that and I'm
(15:41):
excited to kind of step into that a bit more,
especially as now that I have three children, it's much
easier to write something and kind of be more in
control of because I'm producing as well now, so sort
of being able to control my schedule a little bit
more as helpful with having little kids. It's hard to
(16:04):
kind of pick up and go across the world to
do something on someone else's timeline, So that that's definitely
been nice. Something that they don't talk about a lot
with women and film just I mean, and I guess
my men have to obviously deal with it as well,
but there's something about you know, I was pregnant first
(16:26):
with all three of my children on Chestpeake Shores, and
in fact, there were ten babies born from season one
until season six.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Oh my gosh, yeah, yeah, I think I I think
I read age.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
I think I read that all three of you in
season six were pregnant at the same time and we were.
And I was like, the show did an incredible job
of concealing that because you couldn't tail and I think
people obviously knew it once they saw that, but I
read about it, but it was just it was great.
But I was like, yes, wonderful. You know that you're
(17:02):
kind of getting to fulfil all sides of yourself, you know,
being a mom, a wife, an actress, a writer, you know,
lots of irons in the fower, but yet you're getting
to do everything you love to do, and that's that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Well, and honestly, that's why I really love working for
Homework because I feel like there's other places that you
can work and they are not as open and supportive
of work, being working while you're pregnant or you know.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
We had a room and it was like a lay
down because you're sick and pregnant, a pumping room, a
nursing room, like it was just like anybody who has
like is either growing a human or has to feed
a human, like you go in here and there was.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Just always so much space for that.
Speaker 4 (17:49):
And I feel like that's not something I've experienced all
the time in other places that I've worked, and I
have to tip my hat to Homework for always being
very supportive of that, and also are our producer Dan Paulson.
He was just like, yep, sure, like never blinked and
(18:09):
no person's pregnant, Matt, all right, cool, Like that's fine.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
Does it speaks the hallmark in terms of the values
that they they you know, emulate and what they've always
tried to portray both in the storytelling aspect but also
behind the scenes with the actors and the cast and crew.
And I mean it's just to have that support from
an employer is is incredible because it doesn't happen in
a lot of places. So it's a blessing in a
(18:38):
big way. And I've got to say, as we're talking
about Homemark, we Pam and I are just so excited
to watch your upcoming project this holiday season, A Christmas
Angel Match. And would you mind sharing a little bit
about the movie without giving too much.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Away, I would love to. So Christmas Angel Match is
a story about everybody having a special kind of guardian
angel that watches over you and helps create a love
match for you at Christmas time. And so the story
(19:18):
is about these angels that basically work in an office
that is sort of picking.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
Which people should be matched together at Christmas time because
the magic of Christmas makes love matches so much easier.
But these angels are having a little bit of trouble
because of the Internet and all sorts of different like
modern things that The main angel, Monica, who I play's
(19:48):
she's always been She's she's always been the best at
what she does. And in this modern day, she's struggling
a little bit. So the movie is about her trying
to figure out how to do her job match making
deserving couples in this modern day. And so she gets
paired up with the new hot hot angel on the
(20:08):
on the on the job, Ben Airs, who's the hot
hot angel, and he does it a different way and
he's taken things up, and so they get paired together
and they they learn how to they learn from each
other some new ways of matchmaking.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
I love it. I love it. Anything to do with
Angels is my kind of movie. And then when you
pair that with Christmas, I mean, you can't get much
better than that, other than the cast, including yourself, you know, yeah,
is pretty.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
We got pretty lucky with our cast. Our cast is
pretty fantastic. Because there's also there's two love stories.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
So there's there's Ben and I kind of are working
figuring out how to work together, and then there's the
couple that we're matching, and so then there's their love story,
which is like the traditional sort of you know, how
you meet somebody and fall in love kind of thing,
going down with the human on the human level.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Yeah, and I love that. This is that modern day
time with the you know, yeah, just like.
Speaker 3 (21:13):
What you were saying about, you know, kids in school.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
Like, I just feel like it's such a part of
our constant, you know, what's going on in all of
our brains of like trying to figure out and navigate
how to work around all of this technology all the time,
and and all the different places that it kind of
bleeds into in life.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
This is so true.
Speaker 2 (21:35):
Well with having worn so many hats in a Christmas
Angel match writer, executive producer, star, I mean everything, how
did you handle all that? And what part of the
creative process surprised you the most?
Speaker 3 (21:52):
How did I handle that well? So we filmed in Ottawa,
which originally we were trying to film in Nova Scotia,
which is where I am currently living, because I wanted
to be able to be, you know, able to come
home at night and put the kids to bed and
all of that, and we weren't able to do that.
And I actually feel like it was it was a
(22:13):
little bit difficult because I would fly.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
Home on the weekends to see them, but I feel
like it was it was a bit easier to not
to be able to take my mom hat off at
work because sometimes usually I'm like, I'll come home and
like try to get them ready for bed and then
go back to work, and I'm kind of going back
and forth. So it was because I was wearing so
many hats on this movie. It was nice that I
(22:35):
was able to just kind of step into work mode
when I was there and sort of compartmentalize a little bit.
And my husband took over the child rearing for that time,
and it was like kind of felt like I was
on vacation, to be honest, So it was kind of
(22:57):
a nice break, but it was it was very weird
to be saying my own words, and also to be
sort of discussing scenes with then other actors and collaborating
with them and with like my actor.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Had on and real and realizing.
Speaker 4 (23:15):
Oh, okay, this is cool because this is something I
didn't think of, And it's just it's kind of showcases
how collaborative just the entire process of making a movie
is and how much fun it is when it is collaborative,
because everybody's got great ideas, and the more great ideas
you have, the better the story becomes, and the more
(23:37):
fun everybody has. And so yeah, I just I really
enjoyed that part of just getting to collaborate with everybody
and and.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
See it all come to life. It's weird to you know,
write something down and then see it on a screen
and it just started from nothing. It's it was really exciting.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
Yeah, that that has to be incredibly fulfilling just to
you know, to see it all come to fruit and
then knowing that viewers are going to be able to
experience it as well, you know when it comes out.
So we're very excited for you. And you know, fans
often look at holiday movies is kind of a comfort food.
I know, Pam and I do we when it comes
(24:16):
to be you know that this time of year, we're
just anxiously awaiting the kickoff of the Christmas season in
the movies. But when you think about your body of
work as a whole, once one role or project that
personally gave you that same sense of comfort or homecoming.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Well, I mean it's kind of a cheat.
Speaker 4 (24:33):
But I sort of feel like the Christmas movie did
last year, which was Believing Christmas that I did with
my husband.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
John reirdd Oh, yeah, I was.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
It was.
Speaker 4 (24:43):
It was pretty fun to we haven't worked together for
like twenty years, and and again my producing partner and
director Christy will Wolf. She directed it, and we shot
a lot of that movie in John's system house and
uh so a lot of and his parents cottage, so
(25:05):
there was just a lot of Like it just felt
very cozy and fun to just do the movie because
it was just.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
You know, all of our family places and then we've
got to use the students as locations, which was pretty fun.
And I was not sure if we were going to
be able to work together John and I, but we
actually worked together very well and had a lot of fun,
and I think the movie turned out really well. So
I'm hoping we're going to get another chance to do
(25:36):
another one down the road because it was pretty fun.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Do you at as the producer and writer and such,
do you get to pick who was cast in that movie?
I get an opinion.
Speaker 3 (25:56):
I do get it. I do get an opinion.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
I don't get to pick, but I definitely get to
weigh in, which normally you get little to not say.
If you're just even if you're the lead on something,
it's you know, that's a completely different lane. So like
Lindura who's on Sullivan's Crossing and she was in Believe
in Christmas and then she's also in Christmas Angel Match.
(26:22):
She's amazing and she's so funny, and she's this like
the sweetest human and she's just amazing. She's just like
a wonderful person and she's a great actress and she's
beautiful and lovely. And we saw her audition tape for
Believe in Christmas, and Christy and I the director, where
we were watching tapes and we both saw her at
(26:44):
the same time. We're like, that's her, that's it, That's
she's it, and yeah, like it was just like there
was just no question.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
You always hear that that happens, and it happened, and like,
I can't imagine anyone else making that role work. And
then when we were doing this movie.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
I wrote that role for her and I was because
I was like, she needs to have her like she
had a love story and Believe in Christmas. But I
was like, I want to see more of her because
she's so wonderful, and so it's nice to be able
to kind of have just be involved in that side
of things. I really enjoyed that.
Speaker 1 (27:22):
It's going to be exciting to see her and how
it's gonna all come together once it's on screen, and
and you know, with Pam and I getting all this
backstory to the creativity and the writing process and how
it's all come together, I mean, it's going to be
exciting for us to see this and that perception and
that view when it comes out. So congratulations on that.
(27:45):
We're very happy for you and the crew and everyone
in the movie.
Speaker 3 (27:48):
So well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
I hope you.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
I hope you like it. And if you hate the writing,
that don't tell me.
Speaker 1 (27:56):
I don't think that it's going to be an issue
at all.
Speaker 2 (27:58):
Now.
Speaker 4 (28:00):
I was like Sowner because I wrote it under a
pen name originally, because I just I don't know, I
just I feel like writing is just such a different thing,
and I just felt very sort of nervous about it.
And after sort of as we were filming the movie,
some of the crew and Christy and other people were like,
(28:21):
you really should just put your name on this and
just talk about it, and I was absolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:26):
Because it's it sounds amazing, So you should be very
proud of all of this that you've accomplished for this project,
because that was no small feed, I'm sure, but the
output is going to be wonderful. So before we wrap
this up. We always like to do a little something
that we call the Lightning Round and it's a lot
of fun. We ask you five questions and there are
(28:48):
no wrong answers, and this all Christmas related. So what
is your favorite Christmas tradition?
Speaker 3 (28:58):
Probably decorating the tree? I think.
Speaker 4 (29:02):
I feel like I feel like once your tree is up,
it feels like Christmas. And I actually usually put my
tree up early. I've been known to put it up
like November first. It's like once Halloween's over, I'm like, Okay,
it's Christmas right exactly Thanksgiving, But but you know, sometimes
(29:23):
I can't wait.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
Now you're working or exactly alike, And look, Pam and
I are kind of pull her opposite.
Speaker 1 (29:32):
She's come a long way in the well now sixth
year that we've done this show. You know, she was
really by humbug to start, but she's come a long way.
But yeah, I mean, and you're also working for a company,
Megan that you know, one of their highlights of the
whole year is the countdown to Christmas season, and so
it's kind of hard not to be influenced by that
and just get bitten by the Christmas bug, you know.
(29:55):
So what is your favorite Christmas song?
Speaker 3 (30:00):
My favorite Christmas song is probably Silent Night.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Oh yeah, I.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Don't know why.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
I don't know, I just I feel like it just
I feel like it's Christmas once once you hear Silent Night.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
I don't know why.
Speaker 1 (30:14):
And what is your favorite Christmas movie?
Speaker 5 (30:18):
Ah?
Speaker 4 (30:19):
Oh, obviously the Christmas Angel Match, besides the.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
One you've written.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
I'm a big I'm a big home alone person. I
don't know, but I have to.
Speaker 4 (30:36):
I have to watch Home Alone at Christmas time or
else it doesn't feel like Christmas. I think it's I
think that's kind of the thing that is so fun
about Christmas is there's always things from like your childhood
that are happy memories, usually that are somehow linked to
the things that you like as an adult.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
I definitely find andy And I don't know why. I
just you. I feel like I always go back to.
Speaker 4 (31:04):
Like things that when you're a kid, and even if
like your day is bad, once it's Christmas time, you're like, Okay,
well everything's going to look pretty and be sparkly at least.
Speaker 1 (31:16):
Right, that's right? So hot Toddy or hot chocolate?
Speaker 3 (31:21):
Oh oh oh, I don't. It depends if there's okay,
hot chocolate. It's a hard one, though, That's a tough one.
Speaker 1 (31:32):
White lights are colored lights?
Speaker 3 (31:35):
What's up?
Speaker 1 (31:36):
White lights are colored lights?
Speaker 3 (31:38):
Well? I like white lights, but now that I have
children colored lights, Oh yeah, we don't like my white lights.
It's the whole thing.
Speaker 2 (31:49):
I like any lights, you know, I like sparkle, like whatever.
You know, the more the barrier to me.
Speaker 3 (31:56):
That's true, that's true.
Speaker 2 (31:58):
But that would begin said closer to Christmas, not in July,
like when John says, okay, it's Christmas in July, let's
let's do all this, you know. But she's also the
first one to take her decorations send her tree down
before I do, so make that make sense.
Speaker 3 (32:18):
Yes, I also do that too, because I've had them
up for so long.
Speaker 4 (32:20):
It's like, as as soon as I like to take
it down before New Year's because then I want to
start the year.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Right, fresh, fresh start, I mean. And my philosophy is
I decorate as early as possible because it's a lot
of work and you want to be able to enjoy
it more than three or four weeks, you know. So,
but by year's end, after Christmas, I'm ready for it
to come down, you know. And it's not as much
fun taking it down though, I'm afraid.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
No, it's definitely not. I wish there was like a
magic magic button you could push and just all disappears
by exactly. Somebody invents that. Please.
Speaker 5 (32:58):
Yeah, well, Megan, we want to thank you so much
for spending time with us and sharing all of your
thoughts and your new movie that's coming out on Hallmark.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Do we have a date on that yet?
Speaker 3 (33:13):
We don't have a date yet, but I I would
imagine that this will probably come out right before the
movie does.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
So okay, all right, Well, everybody into a Christmas Angel
match on Hallmark when it comes out. We'll definitely post
it on you know, social media when we get a date. Perfect, perfect, Well,
keep in touch. We'd love to speak with you again
down the line, and we absolutely I'll have.
Speaker 3 (33:42):
You've given me a lot to think about with the
chronicles of the Girl Wars.
Speaker 2 (33:46):
There you go to take that next project.
Speaker 4 (33:49):
Yeah, amazing to meet you both and chat with you
and have a wonderful day.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Thank you too.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Okay, 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, Sprinker, and more.
Just search Christmas Movie Spotlight spelled m u v i
e s. For even more.
Speaker 6 (34:19):
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
(34:39):
see you again real soon
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