Rachael Leigh Cook on becoming the new queen of Hallmark after Candace Cameron Bure’s exit

nypost.com:

Hallmark movies. Her ascension to the throne comes after “Fuller House” star Candace Cameron Bure revealed her preference for the Great American Family network’s values and moved to the Tennessee company in April 2022 after years with the Hallmark Channel.Cook’s latest flick, “Rescuing Christmas” (streaming on Hallmark Movies Now on Dec.

7), will be her ninth holiday movie for the platform. “I’m picky about what I do, in the sense that I prefer really positive content,” Cook, 44, told The Post. “In terms of my viewing preferences, I love trash reality TV, and a good drama,” she added, citing “Succession,” “Cobra Kai,” and “The Golden Bachelor” as recent shows that she’s enjoyed. “But, otherwise, I’ve never been drawn to stuff that’s especially dark or scary,” she said. “So, in that sense, uplifting content has rung true for me, and has been something I moved towards.“So [my work with Hallmark] felt like a natural extension of what’s honest to me.” In “Rescuing Christmas,” Cook stars as Erin, a woman who has become a bit of a Scrooge about the holiday.

But after she’s magically granted three wishes, she accidentally erases Christmas from existence, and scrambles to right that wrong — with help from her brother-in-law’s colleague, Sam (Sam Page, “The Bold Type”). “We filmed it in Duluth [Minn.], which was about two hours from [Minneapolis], where I’m from.