Tamera Mowry-Housley and Kristoffer Polaha have been making Hallmark Channel movies for years. But they didn’t meet each other until a 2024 Hallmark holiday event, where they hit it off right away.
Fast forward nearly two years, and that all-important spark between stars was still there as the duo reunited on the Vancouver set of Mistletoetoe and Mimosas.
Mowry-Housley gushed to Parade, “The first day, the first line, I was like, ‘Oh, this is gonna be good. I think we naturally had chemistry. We didn’t even have to work at anything.”
The Sister, Sister alum said Hallmark fans may be surprised to see her “a little bit more feisty” and a “little flirtier” than past characters, which she said happened in part because Polaha “made it so easy.”
“I think it’s because I had a partner that helped elevate that,” Mowry-Housley said of Polaha. “I mean, seriously, I think he’s a great actor. He loves what (he does). He’s passionate about it and cares. Like, he truly cares. He knows his lines. And I was like, ‘Oh, damn. Okay!’”
In Mistletoe and Mimosas, Mowry-Housley plays NYC business consultant Claire, whose uncle passes suddenly and leaves her the bar he owned in upstate New York, called The Tipsy Reindeer.
When she arrives to check things out, Claire realizes a trendy new bar has moved in right next door. She confronts the manager, played by Polaha, and the two agree to a 12-day holiday competition, with the future of their bars at stake.
Mowry-Housley, who actually owns a wine bar with her husband in Napa Valley, California, noted that Polaha “showed up ready to play,” and said of their onscreen chemistry, “It was very easy. I mean, it literally didn’t feel like work. We were having lots of fun every day.”
It was so much fun, in fact, that Mowry-Housley said it’s probably her favorite Christmas movie she’s filmed, made even more special by her 11-year-old daughter Ariah Housley’s acting debut, portraying her as a young girl.
Polaha recalled, “On day one, Tamera and I were like, ‘All right, here’s the goal. Like, we’re gonna make the best (Christmas movie). I said, ‘We’re gonna make the best one.’ And she’s like, ‘What do you mean?’ I said, ‘We have to shoot for like (the stars).’”
He continued, “I think that every choice, every decision that we made, every conversation we had on set was like, ‘There’s maybe three or four different ways to play (this scene). What’s the most unexpected? What’s the most interesting? What’s the most, sort of, human?’ Like, how do we elevate the material in a way that, when you watch it, it’s gonna feel special?”
Hallmark Channel’s Mistletoe and Mimosas premieres on November 15 at 8 p.m. Eastern time and will be available to stream via Hallmark+ the following day.
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