Robert Buckley, Erin Krakow. Allister Foster/Hallmark Media
Erin Krakow wishes her latest Hallmark movie, Blink Day Ebook Club, to transportation viewers again to the planet of ‘90s rom-coms.
“I imagine, in general, the story has a beautiful really feel-good, cozy, modest town bookshop vibe to it,” Krakow, 39, completely informed Us Weekly of the undertaking. “You sort of want to get swept up in that You have Bought Mail strength, and hopefully, we execute that.”
The movie, which airs Saturday, April 6, follows Meg Tompkins (Krakow), a bookstore owner who finds like and course in her lifetime when she agrees to evaluate famed writer Graham Sterling’s new novel. Graham is played by Just one Tree Hill alum Robert Buckley, who Krakow was a “big fan” of in advance of working alongside one another.
“Rob’s a fantastic actor and he’s seriously present and pure and human,” she explained to Us of the duo’s normal on-monitor chemistry, which features plenty of banter and “authentic” moments. “So I just tried out to meet up with him there.”
Buckley, 42, wasn’t the only factor that drew Krakow to the part. She was also energized to function with the film’s “incredible” director, Peter Benson, and leap into a character who she could figure out along the way. “I type of uncovered all the little things I liked about it as we went,” she explained to Us.
The film is bound to be an instant Hallmark typical, and one particular that will have admirers demanding a sequel. Though stepping back into Meg’s sneakers is however up in the air — “I’d have to think about the place this tale goes,” Krakow informed Us — she would bounce at the chance to perform with Buckley again.
“I would get the job done with Rob in opposition to in a heartbeat. He’s so much pleasurable,” she gushed, admitting that there is “potential” in revisiting Meg and Graham one particular day. “I liked doing work in that sweet little bookshop,” she included. “So yeah, acquire me back at any time.”
Chiara Guzzo, Religion Wright, Erin Krakow. Allister Foster/Hallmark Media
A different character she’d return to? Elizabeth from It Was Normally You, Krakow’s 2021 Hallmark movie reverse Tyler Hynes. Krakow instructed Us that she has “more requests” for a sequel to the duo’s motion picture than any other undertaking she’s completed — and she understands why.
“I mean, it would be a fantastic sequel for the reason that they’ve each received this listing of places they want to vacation,” she described, noting that she’d just be content to be back again together with her costar Hynes. “If not a sequel, it would just be quite pleasurable to do the job with Tyler once more,” she claimed.
For now, Krakow is focusing on Blind Day E-book Club — and the return of her strike show, When Phone calls the Heart. The Hallmark Channel darling returns for time 11 on Sunday, April 7, and will characteristic a year of “change” for Krakow’s Elizabeth and the town of Hope Valley.
“I’m seriously enthusiastic to share time 11 and this new chapter for Elizabeth,” Krakow told Us. “For myself, time 11 brings a breath of contemporary air. We’re actually spring cleansing at the starting of episode one. Elizabeth is turning in excess of a new leaf. She’s completely ready to get her groove back, and so that’s a genuinely remarkable time in her lifetime.”
There will also be loads of romance, but Krakow needs viewers to be affected individual as the newly single Elizabeth leans into her thoughts for Nathan (Kevin McGarry).
“We’re really taking our time for a several factors,” she stated of the “slow burn” romance. “One, I believe they never know for guaranteed how the other feels, so they are form of tiptoeing. They also want to be respectful of [Elizabeth’s ex-fiancé] Lucas, and then I consider they’re the two one mom and dad and they really treatment about how Allie and Very little Jack could respond to a thing like this.”
Blind Date Book Club premieres on Hallmark Channel Saturday, April 6, at 8 p.m. ET.
