Hallmark Channel Gave Ryan Paevey "Two Tickets to Paradise" and He Couldn't Be Happier

quotSo we go out to eatquot he continued quotI39m pretty comfy these days since I never really have to take my shirt off in any of my work so I39m eating this supergnarly deepdish pizza shall we say the kind of food that erases all of your good lines with a beer I39m hungry I39m eating He39d gotten the specifics of the movie that day but elected to allow me to consume pizza anyway Seriously I39ve got a mouthful of inchthick Chicagostyle meat lovers pizza when he reveals I39m going to Hawaii instead of Vancouver and the script has shirtless scenes I39m like 39Oh you bard39 I spent the next two and a half weeks going everywhere on foot as I definitely had the quarantine 15 and dropping weight isn39t as easy as it used to bequotPaevey did achieve his goal for those shirtless scenes and after reading the script was elated quotThere was surfing in itquot he exclaimed quotI immediately went back and said 39You absolutely have to let me do the surfing I don39t want to say it39s conditional but let39s say it39s conditional I have to be the one surfing39 Eventually Kenneth Burke one of the producers invited me for a surf a few days before filming began Basically the network wanted to make sure I wasn39t lying and wouldn39t have drowned I brought my own board we surfed and that was that I love the ocean and have been a water baby my whole lifequotIn the film Paevey portrays Josh Wyatt who after being jilted at the altar meets Hannah Holt Ashley Williams who happens to have also just been jilted To move on both decide to embark on their planned honeymoons solo But when they encounter one another at the same honeymoon resort in Hawaii they accept that fate might be playing a major part in their lives and become 39adventure buddies39 to learn from each other and enjoy their vacations The activities Paevey and Williams got to partake in only added to the joy of making the film quotWe got to snorkel with turtlesquot Paevey recalled quotWe did that the same day as the surfing which sadly cut the surfing short We kayaked on the South Shore too which was super fun And we did a little hikingquotThis was like a dream project for me pretty much across the board I got to do all my favorite stuff and as you will see it39s pretty hideous out therequot he added with a laugh quotIt39s pretty tough to look at Those Oahu locations were gloriousquotDespite her character39s aversion to some of the activities Paevey told me that in reallife Williams was down for anything quotAshley had a blastquot he said of his costar quotWe hopped right into the kayak and had a good time I think she may have been better in the water than me with snorkeling I find as I get older my cardiovascular health isn39t what it once was I39d be underwater for 30 seconds and have to come up for air I39ll put money on Ashley beating my static breathholdquotHe was also delighted to have Williams by his side as they39re good friends quotShe ain39t exactly hard to get along withquot he laughed quotShe39s funny as hell and super welcoming We met last year in Florida doing a convention called RomaDrama that I39m about to go do again I was a little under the weather and she was really kind to me at that event I just knew she was a good human Then low and behold not six months later this film comes along and we39re doing a movie togetherquotOn the subject of fate a major through line in the film Paevey is conflicted quotI don39t know if I39m a believer per sequot he said quotI think our experience is some combination of events stirred by hidden hands and decisions you make I believe we39re all kind of plugged into a system with rules but things can be impacted by your decisions and if you choose one path and not another the outcome is going to be extremely differentquotPaevey admits topping this experience with his next Hallmark Channel project may be tough He39s hoping to do a Christmas movie and is thrilled the network has broadened its effort to expand the types of stories told with diverse characters telling them quotHonestly I know there is a genuine desire at Hallmark to become more inclusivequot he shared quotIt39s more than just lip service We tell stories you see in real life and we have to be inclusive it39s 2022 guysquotTwo Tickets to Paradise is also getting a premiere at RomaDrama this weekquot he added in closing quotIt39ll be only the second time in my career I39ve had a corporatesanctioned showing of a movie so this one will be hard to topquotTwo Tickets to Paradise will be telecast Saturday June 25 at 8 pm on Hallmark Channel as part of their annual Summer Nights programming eventClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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