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  • Bethany Joy Lenz is caught in a love triangle in new Hallmark romance movie set in Paris

    Bethany Joy Lenz is caught in a love triangle in new Hallmark romance movie set in Paris

    Bethany Joy Lenz plays a woman caught in a love triangle in the new Hallmark romance movie Savoring Paris. The film, which will premiere as part of Hallmark Channel’s Passport to Love programming event, also stars Ben Wiggins and Stanley Weber.
     
    In a recent interview, Lenz talked about her experience filming the movie in Paris.
     
    “I loved the wildness of it,” she told People. “You can’t control Paris. You can’t tell pedestrians what to do. You just have to improvise with whatever you have. It was terrific fun.” 

    Hallmark romance movie

     
    In Savoring Paris, Bethany Joy Lenz plays Ella, a burned out exec at an American food chain who realizes the happiest time of her life was during a trip to Paris after college. Ella quits her job and jets off to the City of Lights to recapture that feeling as she considers her next move. Free from a job that made her unhappy and away from her well-meaning mom (played by Lucy Newman-Williams), who always urges her to make safe and practical life choices, Ella embraces her newfound joie de vivre. 
     
    She also finds herself forming connections with two men: Gaston (played by Ben Wiggins), and Serge, (played by Stanley Weber).
     
    According to a synopsis from Hallmark, “…Just as she decides what she wants in life – and who she wants to be with – cultural differences put those plans in question.”
     
    Gilles Marini and Brooke D'Orsay in the new Hallmark mystery Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch. (Image: Hallmark Media)

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    Bethany Joy Lenz movies and TV shows

     
    Bethany Joy Lenz has starred in a number of Hallmark movies, including A Biltmore Christmas (2023), An Unexpected Christmas (2021), Five Star Christmas (2020), Just My Type (2020), A Valentine’s Match (2020), Bottled With Love (2019), Poinsettias for Christmas (2018), Royal Matchmaker (2018), Snowed-Inn Christmas (2017), The Christmas Secret (2014).
     
    Lenz, who rose to fame playing Haley James Scott on the popular TV series One Tree Hill, described her experience making the film Savoring Paris as life-changing.
     
    “This film will always be special to me because of what I learned from my character,” she says. “She’s the first woman I’ve played who is used to making space for everyone else, but taking up none of her own. I’ve usually felt like I need to fight for my space, so living in the skin of someone more demure was a unique experience.”
     
          

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  • Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha star in new Hallmark movie filmed at the Biltmore Estate

    Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha star in new Hallmark movie filmed at the Biltmore Estate

    Bethany Joy Lenz and Kristoffer Polaha will headline the new Hallmark movie A Biltmore Christmas, which was filmed on location at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. The film, which was made in January 2023, is part of the 2023 Countdown to Christmas lineup.

    New Hallmark movie

    In A Biltmore Christmas, Bethany Joy Lenz plays Lucy, a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she’s hired to pen the script for a remake of the 1947 holiday movie classic, His Merry Wife, which was filmed at the historic Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina.

    Lucy travels to the estate to do research. After discovering an enchanted hourglass, she goes back in time to 1946 and finds herself on the set of the original version of His Merry Wife. She meets Jack Huston, (Polaha) one of the movie’s stars, and the two begin to spend time together. But when she realizes that her presence in the past could affect whether the film gets made, Lucy has to decide whether to give up on her budding romance.

    Biltmore Estate

    A Biltmore Christmas made headlines when crews began filming shortly after Christmas last year. A network executive said the landmark made the perfect backdrop to a Christmas romance.

    “Each year we look for ways to create exciting, new holiday viewing experiences for our audience,” said Samantha DiPippo, senior vice president of development and programming at Hallmark Media. “We know fans will love being transported back in time and the iconic, beautiful Biltmore Estate is the perfect setting to help fans get into the holiday spirit.”

    The 175,000-square-foot Biltmore Estate took six years to complete. The home of George Washington Vanderbilt, it was opened to friends and family on Christmas Eve in 1895. The 250-room French Renaissance chateau includes 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms, and 65 fireplaces.

    About the cast

    Bethany Joy Lenz played Haley James Scott on the popular TV series One Tree Hill. She has also appeared in Grey’s Anatomy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Life Unexpected, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Colony.

    Lenz has starred in the Hallmark movies The Christmas Secret (2014), Snowed-Inn Christmas (2017), Royal Matchmaker (2018), Bottled With Love (2019), A Valentine’s Match (2020), Just My Type (2020), Five Star Christmas (2020), and An Unexpected Christmas (2021).

    Kristoffer Polaha

    Kristoffer Polaha played Nate “Baze” Bazile in the TV series Life Unexpected. He has also starred in the TV shows Hawaii Five-O, Rizzoli & Isles, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Lethal Weapon. He played Travis Burke in Hallmark’s Mystery 101 series.

    He has also starred in the Hallmark movies Dater’s Handbook (2016), Hearts of Christmas (2016), Rocky Mountain Christmas (2017), Pearl in Paradise (2018), Small Town Christmas (2018), Double Holiday (2019), A Dickens of a Holiday (2021), We Wish You a Married Christmas (2022), and Haul Out the Holly (2022).

    A Biltmore Christmas will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Sunday, November 26 at 8/7c.

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