Something candy, certainly! Dan Jeannotte made his Hallmark Channel debut in 2015 on the Good Witch — and he’s now turn out to be a number one man for the community.
The 41-year-old actor portrayed Brandon Russell from season 1 to 5 — from 2015 to 2019 — of the Hallmark sequence, which resulted in 2021 after seven seasons.
Following his stint on the present, Jeannotte filmed his first rom-com for the community, 2019’s Paris, Wine & Romance. In the film, he performed a Parisian winemaker named Jacques who falls for an Oregon vintner named Isabella (Jen Lilley) throughout a prestigious wine competitors in France.
“I think a love story that takes place in Paris between a plucky young American winemaker and an old school French wine man kind of sells itself,” Jeannotte advised TV Goodness in May 2019 of the story line. “I think it’s wonderful. It looks beautiful. It’s got a lot of spirit to it. It’s got a really cute story between two very likable leads. And there’s French accents, right?”
He joked that regardless of being a “casual wine drinker,” he was “willing” to study extra about the variations in wine for his function.
“What’s funny is my go-to is Pinot Noir, which is what my character makes [in the movie],” the Royal Nanny star defined, noting he turned to a buddy who’s a sommelier for steering. “You have to learn the vocabulary and train your palate. But it’s a training I am willing to do. I will put the time in.”
When it comes to Jeannotte’s first movie of 2023 for Hallmark, he as soon as once more labored with meals. In Sweeter Than Chocolate, which premieres on Saturday, February 4, the actor performs a journalist named Dean Chase who’s skeptical of chocolatier Lucy Sweet’s (Eloise Mumford) household’s magical candy recipe.
“Anyone who eats one of the chocolate cupids is guaranteed to find their true love,” the January 2023 trailer for the film teased, hinting that the two leads might have “A bittersweet romance” or fall in “love at first bite.”
Jeanotte solely advised Us Weekly in February 2023 that his character’s love life isn’t the solely romance captured in the movie.
“[We’re] seeing gay love stories, love stories with people who met later in life, older people who fell in love after having a marriage or losing a partner,” he stated of the “diverse” facet characters. “And it just goes to show there [are as] many different ways to fall in love as there are different people in the world.”
The Home for a Royal Heart actor additionally teased whereas his and Mumford’s characters have points with each other in the movie, the actors had a straightforward time working collectively. “Eloise and I got along famously. It was so good working together,” Jeannotte stated. “We didn’t know each other beforehand, but we just kind of clicked immediately.”
In retaining with the “Loveuary” theme on Hallmark, the community additionally launched a particular assortment of sweets that followers can purchase to eat whereas watching Sweeter Than Chocolate.
Plus, the guide which impressed the movie, written by Lizzie Shane, can be accessible to buy.
Sweeter Than Chocolate airs on Hallmark Channel Saturday, February 4, at 8 p.m. ET.
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