Vivica A. Fox on Making All the Right Moves with the "Wrong" Franchise on Lifetime

amp8220You donamp8217t see that a lotamp8221 she continued amp160amp8220Now they39ve given me a movie deal where each year director David DeCoteau and I do 45 films amp160Itamp8217s a new day and girl power is alive and thriving amp160I39m thrilled about thatamp160 Iamp8217m over 50 and at an age when most actresses are kind of put out to pasture I39m getting all these wonderful opportunities amp160Iamp8217m having an amazing career resurgence as both an actress and a produceramp8221amp160amp160All of this is a far cry from the early days when she appeared in such soap operas as Days of Our Lives and Generationsamp160 amp8220Wow 31 yearsamp8221 she exclaimed when I pointed out the passage of time amp160amp8220Itamp8217s a long way from my very first job a Clearasil commercial where I was running from pimples on Melrose Avenueamp8221amp160Fox39s producing credits date back to 1998 and her Fox series Getting Personalamp160 Thanks to Lifetime and some nudging from her personal team her career as a producer has since thrived amp160quotTo be honest transitioning behind the scenes became very naturalquot she revealed amp160amp8220My business partner Lita Richardson was the first to tell me I should start getting producer creditsamp160 I was already helping with casting wardrobe scripts amp8230 I was doing a lot and what most producers were already doingamp160quotShe said I should get that title and benefit by getting amp8216that checkamp8217 as well and that sounded really good to mequot she added with a laugh amp160quotI appreciate that I have a good business partner and a great squad to help with all of these wonderful opportunitiesamp160 Everyone around me pays attention and we39re all on the same page amp160That39s why I39m so blessed and now is a successful time for mequotamp160Appearing in and executive producing The Wrong movies turned out to be amp8220so rightamp8221 for her and Lifetime amp160quotLast year Lifetime did a So Wrong It39s Right marathon over one weekend where they basically ran all the filmsquot she recalled amp160quotWe39ve done 17 so far People loved it amp160Everything from The Wrong Husband to The Wrong Son to The Wrong Cruise all these guilty pleasure thrillers that people love amp160They39re great popcorn movies when you39re sitting at home and just want to escape for the weekendquotamp160amp160In addition to the franchiseamp8217s escapist element Fox insists it was important that each contain a message amp160quotGuilty pleasures can go a little faramp8221 she shared amp160amp8220So it was very important to have a message amp160My hat goes off to our director and my producing partner David DeCoteau along with Hybrid films who keep bringing me these sexy guiltypleasure thriller movies amp160In July which is my birthday month we have these new ones The Wrong Stepmother July 5 The Wrong Boy Next Door July 12 The Wrong Mommy July 19 and The Wrong Tutor July 26 amp160Theyamp8217re all about being careful who you let into your house and being careful at school too amp160They all connect with whatamp8217s going on now and with social media which makes them very currentquotamp160 Wrong Boy costar Travis Burns is pictured aboveamp160While the volume of work may seem huge Fox told me that thanks to the stable of established actors like Eric Roberts Jessica Morris and Hallmark Channel favorite Cindy Busby along with a crop of new talent she and her team have the process of making these movies down to a science amp160She revels in playing a different character in each and for the franchiseamp8217s stars to have the opportunity to play against type amp8211 just like Busby who couldn39t be more devilish in The Wrong Stepmother amp160quotCindy loved doing it and did such a great jobquot Fox noted amp160quotShe said 39Iamp8217m usually playing the sweet girl or sweet mom and the fact I get to play this dark character which Iamp8217m hardly ever cast as Iamp8217m so thrilled39 amp160Itamp8217s a good chance to allow actors to stretch and do roles they normally wouldnamp8217t get to doquotamp160The perpetually busy Fox has already started work on another franchise entry The Wrong Intruder and is anticipating the upcoming release of The Wrong Cheerleader She soon starts a Lifetime Christmas movie then heads back to reprise her role as Candace Cookie Lyonsamp8217 sister on the final season of Empire amp160Directing could also be in her futureamp160 quotThat takes a little more commitment than what I want to give right now but I will get there eventually in the next couple of yearsquot she saidamp160Until then Fox is happy doing what she does best amp8211 working amp160quotItamp8217s all thanks to my wonderful team never giving up on myself and doing the workamp8221 she told meamp160 amp8220I think thatamp8217s why am being rewarded and people trust the brand of amp8216Vivicaamp8217 to deliverquotamp160The Wrong Boy Next Door will premiere July 12 at 8 pm on Lifetime Moviesamp160amp160Click the social 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