One thing 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 five — from 2015 to 2019 — of the Hallmark collection, which led to 2021 after seven seasons.
Following his stint on the present, Jeannotte filmed his first rom-com for the community, 2019’s Paris, Wine & Romance. Within 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 believe a love story that takes place in Paris between a plucky younger American winemaker and an old-fashioned French wine man sort of sells itself,” Jeannotte instructed TV Goodness in Could 2019 of the story line. “I believe it’s great. It appears stunning. It’s bought plenty of spirit to it. It’s bought a extremely cute story between two very likable leads. And there’s French accents, proper?”
He joked that regardless of being a “informal wine drinker,” he was “prepared” to study extra in regards to the variations in wine for his position.
“What’s humorous 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 pal who’s a sommelier for steerage. “It’s important to study the vocabulary and prepare your palate. But it surely’s a coaching I’m prepared to do. I’ll put the time in.”
Relating 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 Candy’s (Eloise Mumford) household’s magical candy recipe.
“Anybody who eats one of many chocolate cupids is assured to seek out their real love,” the January 2023 trailer for the film teased, hinting that the 2 leads could have “A bittersweet romance” or fall in “love at first chunk.”
Jeanotte solely instructed Us Weekly in February 2023 that his character’s love life isn’t the one romance captured within the movie.
“[We’re] seeing homosexual love tales, love tales with individuals who met later in life, older individuals who fell in love after having a wedding or shedding a accomplice,” he mentioned of the “various” aspect characters. “And it simply goes to indicate there [are as] many various methods to fall in love as there are completely different individuals on the planet.”
The House for a Royal Coronary heart actor additionally teased whereas his and Mumford’s characters have points with each other within the movie, the actors had a simple time working collectively. “Eloise and I bought alongside famously. It was so good working collectively,” Jeannotte mentioned. “We didn’t know one another beforehand, however we simply sort of clicked instantly.”
In step with the “Loveuary” theme on Hallmark, the community additionally launched a particular assortment of goodies that followers can purchase to eat whereas watching Sweeter Than Chocolate.
Plus, the ebook which impressed the movie, written by Lizzie Shane, can also be out there to buy.
Sweeter Than Chocolate airs on Hallmark Channel Saturday, February 4, at 8 p.m. ET.
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