Shortly after graduating from high school, Alvina August and Nathan Witte both made conscious decisions to follow their hearts and pursue careers in acting. For August, it was a 180-degree turn from her pre-med plans, and for Witte, it was a stroke of inspiration as he grappled with his career plans, suddenly realizing that acting would allow him to try out “every profession” in various roles.
If either of them had any doubt about the paths they chose, their time filming Hallmark’s new rom-com Falling Into Place was a powerful reminder they’re right where they belong.
“There were so many signs of things that were just kind of happening, reaffirming everything (in our lives) and that was the same for everyone,” August told Parade of the film shoot. “Just beautiful, serendipitous things that everyone could take from this (experience) in some really magical way. It was so cool.”
Falling Into Place sweetly executes the tried-and-true Hallmark trope in which our big city heroine has to temporarily return to her small hometown, where a surprise love interest throws a wrench in her plans to go back to her busy, fancy life among the skyscrapers. Here, career-driven Kaia and her high school bestie, James, reunite back home and, just for fun, revisit an old childhood bucket list they made of goals they once hoped to achieve during their town’s annual Fall Festival.
The time together inspires them to reflect on who they were in high school, the choices they’ve made since, and what kind of future they want. The script, from longtime Hallmark screenwriter Ansley Gordon, unexpectedly allowed August and Witte to do the same.
“Honestly, it was like art imitating life,” August told Parade. “I can draw so many things from this script that are just like, ‘Oh, this pertains to my life. Is she speaking to me? How do they know this?'”
One of the wildest synchronicities, August said, was that her Falling Into Place character is named Kaia, which happens to be the name of August’s three-year-old daughter, whom she shares with fellow Hallmark star and Virgin River alum Marco Grazzini.
“Nobody knew that,” August marveled.
Alvina August and Nathan Witte Say ‘Falling Into Place’ Reminded Them of the Power of Getting Clear
She and Witte said there were also lots of reminders about how much it matters to get clear about what they want in life — whether in the present or in the future. One example they witnessed was with their director, Angie Nolan.
“Angie was like, ‘I really feel like I want to create an environment that is joy. That’s all I want,'” August recalled. “And then the very next day, we’re all at lunch, just dancing around and goofing around. And she’s like, ‘This was exactly what I was talking about!'”
Nathan Witte and Alvina August in Hallmark’s “Falling Into Place”Photo by Muse Entertainment for Hallmark Media
That reminded Witte of how he got clear after high school on what he wanted his life to look and feel like, telling Parade, “I knew I wasn’t going to do post-secondary, and I was struggling with what I was going to do for the rest of my life. I had no idea, I couldn’t pick something, so I scared my higher self. I said, ‘If you don’t figure it out by the time you’re 25, I’m joining the army,’ And I didn’t want to join the army!”
Enamored with the out-of-blue idea of taking up acting, Witte found a newspaper ad in Calgary about learning to act and model. He signed up, but when he felt like he was getting “duped” after paying for six months of lessons, he trusted his gut and moved to Vancouver, known as “Hollywood North” because so many movies and shows are filmed there, including Falling Into Place.
“I’ve been here for 20 years doing it, haven’t looked back,” he smiled — and he’s not kidding. Witte has been in at least 20 Hallmark movies, including 2020’s My Best Friend’s Bouquet and August’s Texas Two-Step with Heather Hemmens and Brendan Penny.
August, meanwhile, was reminded that sometimes in life, others have seen her gifts and potential before she did — including her high school classmates, who voted her “Most Likely to Be Popular,” a title that confused her.
“I was gonna go to med school, so I was like, ‘Where am I gonna be popular at the hospital?’ But I was also doing other things on the side, musical theater and stuff like that. So there was a part of me that enjoyed that stuff, but I was like, ‘No, I’m going this way! I’m doing science!'” It’s kind of a funny thing — now I look back on it, like, ‘Oh, maybe they saw something that I didn’t yet.'”
Eventually, she realized, “I’m not cut out for (medical school). I think my soul would have slowly died, not to sound dramatic, but I just I think I’m an artist, and I just never really realized it until pretty late. But maybe others could see it.”
August, who’s also been in her fair share of Hallmark movies, most recently in 2022’s A Second Chance at Love, hopes this latest project inspires viewers the way it did her and Witte.
“So many things were just so interesting and wonderful, and yeah, I’m just so grateful,” she said. “I loved it.”
Falling Into Place premieres on Saturday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET and will be available to stream the following day on Hallmark+.
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