Mae Whitman, the lead star in the latest Hallmark holiday series “Twelve Dates ‘Til Christmas” has explained that working on the show was a “real treat.” According to the actor, the cast, crew, and filming location of the series all contributed to a wonderful experience that has been one of the highlights of her career.
Mae Whitman Shares Joy of Working on ‘Twelve Dates ‘Til Christmas’
The actor was speaking to People while on the set of the series, which were recently published in an article in the run-up to the show’s release. According to Whitman, the birth of her son, while filming in Ireland, was a particular highlight for her, but the entire production was a joyful time that she had not previously experienced.
She went on to say, “I think I am somebody who, in my career, I’ve been lucky to do projects that kind of run the gamut. I’ve been in the darkest, lowest, most intense, dramatic things. And even with ‘Good Girls,’ it was funny, we were all like, ‘The crew gifts should be Botox this year, because we’re having to look like we’re constantly about to die, and our frowns and the panic and the stress.’”
“When you’re doing a dramatic project, your body feels that. You’re tense, you’re stressed, you’re holding all that stuff. So it’s a real treat to be able to do something that kind of is this fairy tale.”
In stark contrast, her time filming the more lighthearted “Twelve Dates ‘Til Christmas” was not nearly as stressful. “It’s a fairy tale for me, to be in these beautiful places, and celebrating these beautiful moments,” she explains. “But also for me as an actor, it’s a fairy tale, because of how great the crew is, and because of what a wonderful working experience it is. That is, as [I get older], what feels like the biggest priority to me.”
Mae Whitman Compares ‘Twelve Dates ‘Til Christmas’ Role To Lauren Graham
In the same interview, Whitman spoke about how she feels the filming process must have been similar to what her friend Lauren Graham went through when filming “Gilmore Girls” as it was such a positive experience.
She said, “It’s infinitely freeing to be on a project where you don’t feel like something’s out to get you, or you have to be over-revving your engine, or trying to give something that you don’t have. It really makes a big difference.”
“It’s like, my best friend Lauren, she was on Gilmore Girls, obviously, and that was like — it’s obviously the Mecca of that [fairy-tale] feeling,” Whitman explains. “It’s nice to get a little slice of that in my own professional life, where I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m in this little nice world where I can just sort of let go for one second, and just be among the twinkly lights.'”
