When Candace Cameron Bure was developing her latest Hallmark film, “The Christmas Contest,” where she plays a woman who unexpectedly reunites with her ex to help raise money for a charity, she knew just the man in mind to play her onscreen former flame — her “Fuller House” costar John Brotherton.
On “Fuller House,” DJ Tanner (Bure) was nearly engaged to Matt Harmon (Brotherton), but she fled to Japan after he proposed. The Netflix series ended its five-season run with a double wedding that saw the two marrying other people.
Bure recently told Insider that she wanted to make it right for fans of the one-time couple. So she tapped Brotherton as her costar for “The Christmas Contest,” her 10th Hallmark holiday film.
The former “View” host told Insider in a joint interview with Brotherton that it made sense to ask someone she already had an on-screen fictional history with to play her ex in this film, where she plays an overworked businesswoman, who eventually learns that love is more important than money.
“It just makes the movie and the acting way more fun, because there’s lots to play with, versus meeting an actor for the first time and then pretending that you have this long history with them and you’re going to fall in and out of love with them,” she said.
When Candace Cameron Bure was developing her latest Hallmark film, “The Christmas Contest,” where she plays a woman who unexpectedly reunites with her ex to help raise money for a charity, she knew just the man in mind to play her onscreen former flame — her “Fuller House” costar John Brotherton.
On “Fuller House,” DJ Tanner (Bure) was nearly engaged to Matt Harmon (Brotherton), but she fled to Japan after he proposed. The Netflix series ended its five-season run with a double wedding that saw the two marrying other people.
Bure recently told Insider that she wanted to make it right for fans of the one-time couple. So she tapped Brotherton as her costar for “The Christmas Contest,” her 10th Hallmark holiday film.
The former “View” host told Insider in a joint interview with Brotherton that it made sense to ask someone she already had an on-screen fictional history with to play her ex in this film, where she plays an overworked businesswoman, who eventually learns that love is more important than money.
“It just makes the movie and the acting way more fun, because there’s lots to play with, versus meeting an actor for the first time and then pretending that you have this long history with them and you’re going to fall in and out of love with them,” she said.
“The Christmas Contest” joins a long line of Hallmark holiday movies that have been a staple in many homes during the holidays, and Bure told Insider she thinks it’s because of the “consistency” they offer.
“You know that there’s going to be love. There’s going to be someone who walks away at some point, but there’s always a happy ending,” she said.
