This year, RLJE Films presents a brand-new kind of cozy, holiday season rom-com with Christmas with the Campbells. Directed by Hallmark filmmaker Clare Niederpruem, and co-written by Hallmark alum Barbara Kymlicka with Vince Vaughn, Christmas with the Campbell’s is what happens when the sweet, holiday rom-com really speaks its mind. In the movie, Jessie isn’t going home for Christmas - not her home, at least.
VINCE VAUGHN: Yeah, we were cast as best friends, and it was about steroid abuse, and so when Peter's character began to abuse steroids, they just kind of had him roll his shirt up slightly.VAUGHN: To indicate that there was some muscle bulging that was occurring. So yeah.I heard that's how you guys became friends and I love it. Also, what a movie.BILLINGSLEY: Yes, I agree.
VAUGHN: Yeah, what's interesting was knowing Peter for so long and him having such a phenomenal career as a producer and as a director. I know every Christmas the fandom for Pete, and the awareness, is so high he's always been reluctant just to go trade on it, but he did the story. He wrote with Nick Schenk who wrote Gran Torino and The Mule, and he really worked from a great place. It's like stepping into the patriarchy, the second stage of man.
So jumping into Christmas with the Campbells, there's actually not that much known about the movie yet. How have you been describing the film to friends and family? I will admit I didn't know much when I hit play, and the dialogue...I was not expecting some of the stuff. I think there's a scene with Alex, with the breakup scene, and there are some other moments where I felt like I could hear your voice, Vince, coming through the page. So can you talk about which speeches or which lines of dialogue came right out of your brain?
What we found is that the audience really loves and is invested in these characters, and we really stayed with the nine-act structure. What you see is really the same things happen in those scenes that happen in the original intent. If you played with that, the movie fell apart, which was fascinating to find out. But they really like the characters being super comedic and having a stronger version of what's on the page.
BILLINGSLEY: Yeah, for sure. I mean we would like to do more of these. You said you're breaking the rules, but you've got to find the right footing. I mean, even in the fourth quarter, I'll tell you, we took our time to find this through post. It was like two weeks until we had to deliver the movie, and we were essentially QC-ing the offline, and we're just watching it. Then Vince goes, "You know, I have an idea.
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