Hallmark’s Rachel Boston on Playing a Perpetual Bridesmaid

In The Last Bridesmaid Boston stars opposite Paul Campbell as Becca Foster a ninetime bridesmaid tasked with being the maid of honor at her cousin Lucie39s wedding marking Becca39s tenth time in the role amp160Lucie hopes Becca might finally rid herself of the amp8220always a bridesmaid never a brideamp8221 tag and hit off with the best man but it39s videographer Kyle Taylor Campbell employed to capture the nuptials who catches her eye Becca is happy working for her parentsamp8217 insurance business but her secret desire is to create jewelry while Kyle dreams of being a filmmaker As the two become better acquainted they begin to encourage one another to dream big and soon itamp8217s apparent there39s more to this mutual admiration society than career advancementFor Boston The Last Bridesmaid proved a special project It39s the fourth movie on which she has served as associate producer or executive producer for the network since 201439s A Ring by Spring quotI so love to be involved in the production and development of ideasquot she said quotI did an independent film while on hiatus from a series I was doing a few years ago and I just loved that part of the process just being so handson with all of the departments I found it enhanced my actingquotThis story was sparked at my brother39s wedding where I was the maid of honorquot she continued quotEveryone kept asking 39How are you not married39 I make all these wedding movies so it was 39When are you getting married in real life39 I was sitting on a plane flying back to shoot a Christmas movie for Hallmark and I kept thinking this is so relatable This is my next wedding movie if we can bring it to lifequotAfter brainstorming with her dear friend and screenwriter Nina Weinman a script was born She secured the producers from the Christmas film she39d done and the wheels were in motion quotIt was like getting this beautiful team together again and I39m just so thankful we got to make itquot she smiledquotI do feel I got to redeem myself as a maid of honor because Becca is super on the ballquot Boston shared quotAt my brother39s wedding in Korea where I was the maid of honor there were a few things I wasn39t so spot on about with the itinerary I vowed in this movie amp8216I will redeem myselfamp8217 amp160Being calm and cool in the face of adversity to play Becca is something I learned at that wedding My sisterinlaw had so much going on I couldn39t ask her anything on the day It was her day so I just had to have everything handled That became an important element of this movieamp8221In fact there were a few elements to the film that sparked Boston39s enthusiasm one being her costar quotPaul Campbell is one of my favorite human beings to walk the earthquot she gushed quotWe39d met 10 years ago at a screen test and I thought him the funniest sweetest guy Now 10 years later here we are This is a relationship piece about communication so having a partner I could laugh with all day and go on this journey with oh we also started a band Itamp8217s a cover band that does covers of cover bands We even did a music video between scenes you can find bits of it on Instagramamp8221The other element of the story that appealed to Boston is that Becca is a strong independent single woman quotI39m single and one thing I thought really important and really enjoyed about this film is that Becca has such a full lifequot she explained quotShe has a career is fulfilled in so many ways and is actually really happy on her own Society seems to put pressure on you and that39s something Becca doesn39t actually feelquotI thought it was a really interesting way to explore a modern womanquot she continued in closing quotOne that has so much to celebrate but there39s that one question everyone asks which I find so relatable My grandmother is 101 and she39ll talk about it all the time She39s like 39Why would you want to get married You have such a great life39 I find it a really interesting conversation we get to have as she was a career woman but the times then were very different I think now is an amazing time to be a womanquotThe Last Bridesmaid will be telecast Saturday June 22 at 9 pm on Hallmark ChannelClick on the social media tiles above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively those of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggers

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