A dream come true … type of! Alexa PenaVega nearly acquired her ‘favorite’ proposal from husband Carlos PenaVega — however he acquired chilly toes on the final minute.
“This was actually my husband’s idea and it was the way he wanted to propose to me, but didn’t get to,” Alexa, 34, solely advised Us Weekly whereas selling her new Hallmark film, A Paris Proposal. “I thought it was so genius. There’s this water show on this cruise ship — he was in talks with them and chickened out last minute — where in the middle of the show,** the floor [would come] up and then all the acrobats [would] come out of the water and they’re literally lifted out of the water. He wanted to come up out of that while I’m watching the show and propose to me that way.”
While the idea, which the Spy Kids star known as “wild,” “insane,” “super cool and romantic,” by no means got here to fruition, the Big Time Rush singer, 33, nonetheless managed to pop the query abroad whereas the twosome have been at dinner with their associates.
Now, the pair have been fortunately married for nearly a decade and share three kids: sons Ocean, 5, and Kingston, 3, and daughter Rio, 21 months. They’ve additionally starred collectively in three films within the Picture Perfect Mysteries collection for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and Enchanted Christmas, Love at Sea and Love within the Limelight for Hallmark Channel.
Being capable of work alongside her beau is one of the explanations Alexa loves being an element of Hallmark, whom she says has been “amazing” to their household through the years.
“They’ve given us so much amazing creative freedom to be able to bring forth projects that we really love [and] that we’re proud of,” she gushed to Us. “Earlier in our careers with Hallmark, there weren’t many actors who were spouses working together. They were the ones that wanted to give us that opportunity to kind of make that happen. And now you see it a lot more in Hollywood, but six years ago? That wasn’t a thing. You didn’t see a whole lot of husband-wife teams on screen.”
Alexa PenaVega and Carlos PenaVega. Splash News
The Florida native defined that Hallmark understands “family values” and “the importance of keeping family together” — one thing that feels particularly vital with all the things that’s occurred to the world up to now few years.
“You just can’t help but wanna keep the people that you care about really, really close,” she stated. “And I think we’re gonna see a lot more of that in the future, just across the board in all projects.”
The Nashville alum has no plans to cease creating alongside her hubby anytime quickly — and advised Us that the duo are in a “season” the place they’re “more in love than ever.”
“We don’t say that to be, like, cheesy or dorky or whatever. But it’s like, we truly need each other so badly. Could he do it on his own? Could I do it on my own? Yeah, but, I need his love,” she shared. “I really need his support and especially in this industry that we’re in and the world that we’re in. You have to surround yourself [with] people who really bring out the best in you. And we do that for each other.”
The Spare Parts star added that the significance of discovering “your teammate” in life can’t be undervalued.
“There isn’t anything else like that feeling because you get to be elevated to the point of, ‘I feel like nothing can stop me.’ I really do feel unstoppable, but that’s because I know I have a partner where if I trip, he’s gonna catch me and then we’re gonna keep going,” she stated.
The Sleepover actress and boy band member could also be an unstoppable duo, however that doesn’t imply Alexa is afraid to problem herself with solo initiatives. Her newest movie, A Paris Proposal, took her throughout the pond to Paris and Bulgaria — a solo journey she says was “hard,” however wanted.
“I left my family to go make this movie. And I never do that. We have, like, a very strict two-week rule, but because this was filming out of the country … It just made more sense to allow the family to stay behind on that,” she defined. “Because of that, it actually gave me a chance.
Being on set sans her brood allowed Alexa to spend extra time with the solid, attending dinners the place they might “go over their lines for the next day.” The further bonding time, in line with the Tomorrow People alum, elevated the movie to the subsequent degree.
“We’d talk [a lot] about the scenes and what we could add to it to kind of like make it a little bit more special or maybe a little more unique than Hallmark used to seeing,” she shared. “And I think that’s where it really shined. We were able to just do our homework.”
Sign up for Us Weekly’s free, day by day e-newsletter and by no means miss breaking information or unique tales about your favourite celebrities, TV exhibits and extra!
A Paris Proposal premieres on Hallmark Sunday, February 11, at 8 p.m. ET.
Discussion about this post