Ian Harding On The Romance Of Hallmark’s ‘The Magic Of Lemon Drops’
Hallmark’s new Summer Nights movie The Magic Of Lemon Drops is about alternate realities. However, Pretty Little Liars alum Ian Harding reveals, this is a romantic tale.
Here is what Ian has to say about this new movie with Lyndsy Fonseca that he fell in love with reading the script.
Ian Harding Talks About Romance Of Hallmark Movie
Hallmark star Ian Harding recently spoke to TV Insider about his upcoming movie with Lyndsy Fonseca called The Magic Of Lemon Drops. This magical alternate realities romcom is based on the Rachel Linden novel The Magic Of Lemon Drop Pie.
In this movie, Harding portrays Rory. He is a newly divorced dad who has returned to his hometown. He runs into Lolly, his ex-girlfriend. The two had broken up in an unsettling way and never spoke again.
However, this encounter makes Lolly start to regret her life choices. Her aunt gives her three magical lemon drops. When she takes each one, she gets a day to live out a life path she didn’t choose. One of those days includes what would have happened if she and Rory didn’t split.
However, not everything is swell in Rory’s world. Harding reveals that his character is “a little lost.” Therefore, “there is an opportunity for reconnection.” Perhaps a new romance with Lolly?
Ian further explained that both characters have come off of a loss, “I think [that] makes for fertile romantic ground when you’re not looking for something. That’s usually when something comes along.”
Ian Harding Wonders About His Own Choices
Even before the Pretty Little Liars alum finished Tracy Andreen’s script for The Magic Of Lemon Drops, Ian Harding fell in love with this movie. Now that he is a couple of years from 40, he has even thought about some of his personal choices and paths not taken that are part of this movie. He compared himself to Lolly in the movie.
At this stage in my life, as I approach 40, you start to get to that place of if you had chosen this or if you had chosen that. Personally, I am unbelievably grateful and lucky for my paths, but her character feels that she had made a series of choices that weren’t necessarily wrong but have led her to a place that isn’t inspiring and maybe not what she wanted.
Hallmark Star In Two Major Holiday Productions This Year
Although it has been a couple of years since Hallmark’s stellar Ghosts Of Christmas Always, Ian’s first movie with the network, he is in a major 2024 production. He is part of the ensemble cast of the highly-anticipated Hallmark+ mini-series Holidazed. His costar is Erin Cahill.
In addition, he is Lindsay Lohan’s love interest in the Netflix Christmas movie Our Little Secret. This should also drop during the 2024 holiday season.
The premiere of The Magic Of Lemon Drops is on Saturday, August 24, at 8 p.m., Eastern, on the Hallmark Channel. In addition, this new Ian Harding and Lyndsy Fonseca movie will be available on Peacock up to 72 hours after the premiere.
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