Spring into love! Tyler Hynes might star because the romantic lead in Hallmark’s upcoming movie A Picture of Her — however he credit his chemistry with Rhiannon Fish for bringing the story to life.
“There’s something very present about [Rhiannon]. There was never a moment where I was looking at her and doing things in the scene where she wasn’t right there with me,” Hynes, 36, solely instructed Us Weekly about filming alongside his A Picture of Her costar, 32. “I could do things and she would be right there with me. It wouldn’t be thrown wouldn’t get discombobulated, she would just be present with me. Once I taste a bit of that with another actor, I go, ‘OK, now we can really have some fun because we can really start to play around here and try to find the magic and the in-between moments, which I think is where all the juicy stuff is.’”
The movie — which premieres Saturday, March 25, on Hallmark and serves as half of the community’s Spring Into Love rollout — follows Hynes as a celeb photographer named Jake. Unenthused by the dearth of creativity in his present job, he snaps a photograph of a stranger named Beth (Fish) with out her information. After the 2 meet and type an prompt connection, the image finds its technique to the quilt of {a magazine} and Beth makes it her mission to search out the person behind the lens. Jake, in the meantime, has to determine if he ought to come clear to the lady he’s falling for.
“This film could have been a different movie had it not been [Rhiannon] in that role,” Hynes instructed Us of what the Home and Away star dropped at the half of Beth. “Seeing it up close and looking at what she’s doing in this movie, she is really doing us a service. And I can’t say enough about her. She’s a really talented human being and just as lovely as you would think she is.”
Beyond the chance to work alongside Fish, the Letterkenny alum defined that the light-hearted “warm” undertones of A Picture of Her felt fulfilling after his expertise engaged on Hallmark’s zany Christmas comedy Three Wiseman and a Baby, and the community’s heartfelt vacation drama, Time to Come Home for Christmas. Both festive movies aired in December 2022.
“What was interesting about this [film] was that essentially it felt like a good time to do something that was scratching a certain itch that I don’t think I had scratched in a while as far as making one of these movies,” he shared.
Hynes was additionally drawn to the modern-day framing of the story, which sees Beth grow to be an in a single day sensation primarily based off a single {photograph}.
“[I loved] the idea that [the] art and simplicity of authentic beauty and the finer details [are things] the world still cares about. That the world is still moved by that,” he shared, noting that enjoying a personality who rediscovers his artistry was “a real nice thing” and felt “true to life.”
While Hynes’ time as Jake might have “scratched a romantic itch” for the actor, that doesn’t imply he isn’t up for reuniting along with his Three Wisemen and a Baby costars — and good mates — Paul Campbell and Andrew Walker.
The vacation comedy was written by Campbell, 43, and fellow Hallmark star Kimberly Sustad. Following its premiere, the seasonal comedy grew to become the most-watched film on the community of 2022 — together with each Christmas and non-Christmas films — and broke information reaching again to 2019.
Hynes instructed Us that the BFFs are “just scratching the surface” with regards to what they may create collectively, including that he’d prefer to see them “put behind different characters” and simply “watch that stew come together in different ways.”
For now, the Unexpected Christmas star is prepared for the world to expertise a modern-day meet-cute with A Picture of Her, and stays grateful for his experiences at Hallmark — and the individuals who proceed to assist him alongside the best way.
“Everybody is absolutely lovely. I think it’s as close as you can come to feeling like a family that is supportive,” he gushed of the community. “And that just sort of bookends what is an absolutely enormous pleasure, which is the people who watch these movies. I can’t tell you enough about the human beings who watch these movies and how kind, lovely, wholesome and earnest and authentic they are.”
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