Viv Leacock Wants More Hailey Dean Mysteries With Kellie Martin

Viv Leacock’s roots with Hallmark date again to the early 2010s, and his role in the Hailey Dean Mysteries franchise however has enthusiasts chatting.

“When I very first came on to Hallmark, I got a prospect to operate with my awesome buddy Kellie Martin on Hailey Dean Mysteries, and 5 minutes into meeting Kellie, we clicked,” Leacock, 49, solely advised Us Weekly, when promoting his new challenge, Legend of the Shed Locket. “We clicked about a mutual appreciate of Deadly Weapon. That was our factor.”

He gushed: “Seriously, five minutes in, I was like, ‘Oh, this is a pal for daily life.’ We just clicked and it was to the level where you couldn’t notify how lengthy Kellie and I had been hanging out fifty percent an hour into seeing us get the job done with each other.”

Leacock identified as it “a fortunate circumstance” that he shaped an fast bond with Martin, 48, though enjoying Detective Fincher Garland and former prosecutor-turned-therapist Hailey Dean, respectively.

From 2016 to 2021, Leacock and Martin costarred in nine Hailey Dean Mysteries movies, fixing crimes and ultimately understanding who was liable for Hailey’s fiancé’s demise. Although Leacock has stayed busy at Hallmark Channel, he longs for much more flicks with Martin.

“If they want to go [tomorrow], let us go,” Leacock explained to Us of a attainable Hailey Dean revival, saying he’d reprise the job of Fincher “in a heartbeat.”

The actor teased, “We’ve been chatting about that for several years. I’d enjoy to revisit Hailey Dean Mysteries because Kellie and I … I don’t know if I have designed a pal speedier than that in my lifetime.”

Leacock recalled having “chemistry” with Martin on digital camera that was made feasible by their fantastic relationship off display.

“Kellie Martin is Auntie Kellie in my dwelling. That is who she is to my children and my spouse. And when I go to LA and visit, that is who I am to her [kids],” he shared. “We’re family now. So, we undoubtedly would enjoy to do that once again.”

When asked what Fincher and Hailey would be performing in 2024, Leacock experienced a number of thoughts. “Hopefully Fincher [has] stopped feeding on so a lot simply because he’s bought to observe his wellbeing a very little bit more,” he joked. “Hailey’s however obtaining into trouble and Fincher’s carrying out his very best to continue to keep her out of harm’s way. That is even now heading to be the dynamic.”

Leacock is also open to the thought of a future crossover with Martin’s Hailey coming into his new world of the Legend of the Missing Locket.

In Legend of the Lost Locket, Leacock plays Sheriff Marcus, who assists a British antiques supplier named Amelia (Natasha Burnett) in obtaining an historic locket stated to carry correct love to the operator.

Despite the fact that the new movie premieres on Saturday, April 13, Leacock and his costar Burnett, are equally thrilled about another installment. “I’d be down. Let’s go. I’m all about it,” Leacock claimed of introducing Hailey to his new character, Marcus, in a feasible rom-com sequel.

Burnett, in the meantime, exclusively informed Us that Legend of the Dropped Locket was partially produced to give Leacock a likelihood to faucet again into his Hailey Dean Mysteries facet. (Burnett and Leacock have played married pair Minnie and Joseph Canfield on When Calls the Coronary heart since 2021.)

“We experienced genuinely desired to do anything, initial of all, the place I could enjoy British. That was a massive one,” Burnett mentioned. “And [Viv] did take pleasure in becoming his detective on the Hailey Dean Mysteries. So that was a little something that he wanted to consider and continue on on with.”

She extra: “So we were being attempting to obtain a notion that would carry the two with each other, and we often understood that as friends among us, we often have the British English and American English distinctions. So we realized it could deliver a very little bit of humor to the movie if that could be put in there as well.”

Legend of the Shed Locket premieres on Hallmark Channel Saturday, April 13, at 8 p.m. ET. Supporters can also stream it on Hallmark Motion pictures Now.