Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, V) is back on TV this month with a new holiday movie – ABC Family’s Desperately Seeking Santa. The film premieres this Sunday, November 27, at 8/7c.
Laura Vandervoort (Smallville, V) is back on TV this month with a new holiday movie – ABC Family’s Desperately Seeking Santa. The film premieres this Sunday, November 27, at 8/7c.
Vandervoort plays Laura Walker, a shopping mall marketing executive who has more than a little in common with Ebenezer Scrooge. Gunning for a promotion, she dreams up a new plan to bring in customers: a search for the hottest Santa in town. Will a hunky Kris Kringle melt her cold heart?
“It’s a great family film,” Vandervoort says, “but it’s also a very romantic, sweet story between these two very different people. She is the Scrooge of the film and she’s very focused on making it up the corporate ladder and she doesn’t realize what’s right in front of her, which is true love and family, which she doesn’t have.”
The light romantic comedy is a big departure for an actress best known for her sci-fi roles.
“Honestly, the fact that she was human was a small portion of the reason I chose to take it,” admits Vandervoort, “because I’d been playing so many out of this world characters.”
“…Sci-fi can be very serious, especially with V, we didn’t show emotion. So this film was a huge transition for me. It was nice to do these romantic scenes, it was a change for me and it was a lot of fun and it shows a different side of me.”
Vandervoort recommends the film for anyone looking to enjoy a little holiday spirit. “If you love Christmas films,” she says, “and you love that warm feeling watching them—your heart feels joy and you want to sit there with family, this is a great film.”
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