Actor Dan Bucatinsky suspects some Bravo fans may find his and Kristen Chenoweth’s Our Little Secret characters strangely familiar.
“Kristen and I are both fans of the Real Housewives franchise,” he said while discussing his new Netflix Christmas movie. “I watch a few of them … And one of my high school buddies is one of the [Real Housewives of] Orange County housewives, Heather Dubrow.”
“Heather and I have a long history with each other,” he added. “I spent some time with her and was even in an episode of Orange County this past season as part of a benefit for family equality … So I’m not surprised that a little Real Housewife [energy] wound up in there.”
Dan Bucatinsky and Kristen Chenoweth play the dysfunctional in-laws
Released on Netflix on November 27, Our Little Secret features not-so-friendly exes Avery (Lindsay Lohan) and Logan (Ian Harding). When they discover that their new partners are siblings, they’re forced to spend Christmas together while hiding they used to be married to each other. [FYI, Lindsay Lohan was nearly a Housewife a few years back. Even Caroline Stanbury wanted Lindsay on Real Housewives of Dubai.]
As Leonard, Dan plays a long-suffering spouse to his domineering wife, Erica (Kristin, also a fan of the Housewives). Though he in no way compares his character to Heather’s husband, Dr. Terry Dubrow, Dan says Leonard and Erica’s dynamic provides the film’s comic relief.
Dan and Kristin met many years ago through a “mutual friend,” even though neither can remember the specifics. He describes their friendship as “love at first sight,” becoming an “inseparable” pair who really “committed” to portraying “a very dysfunctional marriage.”
Even though he has nothing but praise for the movie’s script, Dan says he and Kristin were allowed to ad-lib to “fill” the moments in between written dialogue. Not all of their improvisations made the final cut, however.
“Believe me, there was lots of stuff that we improvised that there was no time for in the movie,” he told Us Weekly. “The movie’s about Lindsay and Ian, of course, but we had a really good time.”
A very special experience
Early on, Dan knew he had signed onto a very special experience. Though no stranger to holiday content, he immediately recognized the Secret Sauce that made Our Little Secret so special.
“I am a fan of the Christmas movie,” he said. “But they all sort of follow a very similar formula … There was something about this script. [First of all], I thought it was very funny. Second of all, I loved that it had a Meet the Fockers vibe to it … You get to meet this entire quirky family, all of whom have secrets of their own.”
As a writer himself, he found himself “jealous” of screenwriter Hailey DeDominicis’s creative ideas. “It’s so hard to reinvent the Christmas movie,” he said. “And I feel like Hailey did that.”
TELL US – HAVE YOU WATCHED OUR LITTLE SECRET? DO YOU THINK IT CAPTURED THE “REAL HOUSEWIVES ENERGY?”
The post Dan Bucatinsky and Kristin Chenoweth’s New Holiday Movie Roles Inspired by Real Housewives appeared first on Reality Tea.
from Reality Tea https://www.realitytea.com/2024/12/02/dan-bucatinsky-kristin-chenoweths-holiday-movie-roles-inspired-real-housewives/
