Ben and Erin Napier Are in This New Christmas Movie
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This season’s new holiday movie rollout has begun, with many involving unexpected stars like Lindsay Lohan's comeback in Falling for Christmas. But perhaps an even bigger Christmas surprise is the appearance of beloved HGTV stars Ben and Erin Napier in not a Christmas renovation special but a holiday feature film. Titled A Christmas Open House, the flick is now streaming on discovery+.
The movie follows the Atlanta-based home stager Melissa Norwood, played by Katie Stevens of The Bold Type fame. When she’s put in charge of selling her childhood home in Georgia, she teams up with her old high school crush and real estate agent David Phelps, played by Reasonable Doubt’s Victor Rasuk. Ben and Erin Napier play local artists Henry and Sarah Wright who help them out (and yes, singing is involved!). As Melissa and David attempt to prepare and sell the house before Christmas, a romance inevitably blossoms. But, of course, their personal goals may get in the way of their relationship.
And while the story is fiction, the featured home (located in Atlanta) was given a true makeover. “We were actually transforming a real house,” director Emily Moss Wilson explained in a press brief. “It’s not smoke and mirrors; we were genuinely making those physical changes. It was exciting for me to figure out with our production design team and our logistics team how we were going to do that and shoot in this house at the same time. It was not easy, and I hope that when everybody sees it, they will see the hard work that we put into it.”
As far as Christmas movies go, this tale was practically made for the Napiers. If you’re eager for more holiday films, discovery+ also has three other new ones out now with more of your favorite celebs. They include Designing Chrismas with HGTV’s Hilary Farr of Love It or List It; One Delicious Christmas that features Food Network’s Bobby Flay; and A Gingerbread Christmas with Food Network’s Duff Goldman. It's shaping up to be a good season for holiday movie fanatics.
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