‘Merry Kiss Cam’s Jesse Bradford On His New Vacation Film: Unique – Hollywood Life

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Jesse Bradford is moving into the Christmas spirit along with his new vacation film Merry Kiss Cam, which premiered November 24 on Hulu. The actor stars as a sports-loving bartender named Danny who winds up happening a date to a hockey sport with a widowed artist named Jess, performed by Scandal star Katie Lowes. When their lip lock on the kiss cam appears to be magical in additional methods than one, sparks proceed to fly between Danny and Jess.

HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Jesse about taking over his position in Merry Kiss Cam, which marks his return to the Christmas film style. “The one different Christmas holiday-themed film I’ve ever accomplished was referred to as Prancer, and I did it after I was like 11 years outdated or one thing. If you happen to blink, you’ll miss me. I’ve like two scenes, and that was a very long time in the past. However that film performs yearly. I nonetheless get a residual examine each Christmas for Prancer,” Jesse quipped.

For Jesse, he was drawn to Merry Kiss Cam as an entire. “I simply thought it was cute and candy and light-hearted and enjoyable and form of had a gimmick or a catch that I hadn’t actually seen earlier than with the kiss cam and all the pieces,” Jesse stated. “I believed the character was simply actually easy, susceptible, sincere, a very good man, humorous, and charming in his manner when it comes to the dialogue and stuff. It simply appeared like a very nice alternative to play a extremely easy main man-type position, one thing I haven’t gotten to do in a minute. I’ve been doing lots of supporting-type stuff. I simply noticed the chance to dig in and attempt to make a extremely susceptible, likable character.”

Jesse and Katie’s chemistry is easy within the Hulu movie. The actors had by no means met previous to filming, however they hit it off immediately. “I believed she was nice, and the factor I knew her from probably the most was truly Inventing Anna. I used to be actually excited to listen to her title connected to the mission,” Jesse advised HollywoodLife. “It was positively a giant, huge nudge for me to need to be part of it, and also you couldn’t meet a nicer particular person. She’s only a barrel of monkeys and actually candy and sort and open.”

The pair had issues in frequent proper off the bat. The truth that they needed to play onscreen love pursuits was a “good basis so that you can do it in actual life. It’s like, the door’s huge open. Now we have to fall in love on digicam, we could as nicely get to know one another. We could as nicely put our playing cards on the desk and be sincere with one another about this, that, and the opposite and never maintain again on our private experiences and the way they’ve affected us. Go forward and share your trauma I feel that’s the motto. I feel it usually helps what you find yourself with.”

The Carry It On alum additionally famous that each he and his spouse, Andrea Watrouse, and Katie and her husband, Adam Shapiro, have youngsters across the similar age. They’ve all been “hanging out because the film. It’s at all times enjoyable to make a buddy.”