Interview With Amy Smart of ABC Family’s Original Movie ’12 Dates of Christmas’
Beautiful and talented Amy Smart stars in the all new ABC Family original movie 12 Dates of Christmas which debuts tonight.
I was fortunate enough to be asked to participate in a Q&A interview session with Amy the other day. Not only was she absolutely wonderful to talk to but there was also a very special guest, her hunky costar Mark-Paul Gosselaar who popped in as a surprise guest for Smart. That is actually a funny story. So Mark acted as a caller and basically started asking Amy question about Mark, like what she thought of his acting, how good looking he was, did have a nice butt, oh and my favorite what kind of kisser he was. Smart for her part acted like a pure professional not giving up any inappropriate information about her costar. It was not until the “caller” was hung up and called back that it was revealed that the crazy caller was actually Mark-Paul himself. It was awesome I tell you.
As for Amy well, she was a wealth of information starting off with talking about the movie. She
called it Kate’s (her character) journey, she is really set in her ways, trying to make
her life right and get her ex-boyfriend back. Kate keeps reliving Christmas Eve and figures out
that the way her Type A personality is not actually helping her get what she truly needs in her
life. Through the journey she takes, it allows her to see other people’s perspective and a window into how other people really are. Amy called it incredibly humbling, enlightening and fun. She described it as a journey everyone takes where you think you know what you want and then something in your life makes you see clearer about what life is really about and what really matters. It sounds like a fabulous movie to me and if you have seen the promos you know it looks super cute.
When it was my turn to get to chat one on one with Amy we chatted about the movie, her
character and what else she has going on.
Rachelle: How did you get involved with the movie?
Amy Smart: I actually got offered this role. I read the script and I really, really loved it and wanted to do it. Then, I was so happy that Mark-Paul signed on to do it afterwards because I think he’s so talented. Everyone’s a huge Zack Morris fan. So, that’s kind of how I got involved.
Rachelle: Is there something about this character that you admire or a quality that you wish you had?
Amy Smart: I think that because of the film, it kept opening the character Kate’s eyes to other people. She was pretty self-absorbed. Each time she opened herself up more and more to a different character in the film, their lives, their stories and how she could maybe make their lives better. I admire that because I really do think that life is all about balance. You have to obviously take care of yourself. But, then it’s so important to give back and find ways of being generous and thoughtful with other people. I really liked that about her toward the end of the film.
Rachelle: You’ve played so many different roles. Do you have a dream role or part that you would love to play?
Amy Smart: I don’t have a specific dream role that I would like to play. I just always yearn for new roles that have incredible actors and great writing that challenge me; that push me out of my comfort zone. I really enjoy going back and forth through all the different genres from drama to horror to comedy, I always am drawn back to comedy to be honest. I love doing comedy. So, that would probably be my first thing. I would love nothing more than to work with the most incredible actors on some great piece of film.
Rachelle: Can you talk about any other projects you’re currently working on?
Amy Smart: I actually just finished working on a horror film that the Japanese director Takashi Shimizu directed. We did The Grudge. It was with Leslie Bibb and Ryan Kwanten and a bunch of other great actors. It all takes place in an airplane. That comes out next August, I think. Then, I have a re-occurring role on the second season of Shameless. That’s really fun to work on.
Amy Smart was a pleasure to interview. She is just a wonderful person and I think that everyone should check out her brand new film 12 Dates of Christmas tonight at 8PM EST on ABC Family. I even have a little video clip for you.
