Interview: Martin married ‘Who’?
BY CINDY ELAVSKY
Sunday, October 14, 2012
While last week I told you about
Kellie Martin’s role on “Army
Wives.” This week Kellie and I discuss
her Hallmark Channel original
movie, “I Married Who?” Kellie
playsuptight real estate agent,
Jordan Grady, who goes to Las
Vegas for her bachelorette party
and wakes up after a night of celebrating
to find she’s married to
movie star Matt Swift ( Ethan
Erickson). Let’s just say that
romantic comedy ensues. “I
Married Who?” premieres at 8 p.m.
Saturday on cable 165.
Daytime Dial: You’ve done
quite a few movies for the
Hallmark Channel; what keeps you
coming back?
Kellie Martin: I’ve been working
with them since 2003 or 2004,
and I’ve really just gotten to love
the people over there. I knew the
CEO when he wasn’t the CEO, and
all the publicity people who’ve
been there since I started working
with them. It’s really the people
who keep me coming back. They
just are very good to me, and they
let me have a bit of input into the
work we do, which I really appreciate.
I really have liked doing
romantic comedies — the past two
movies that I’ve done for them
have been really fun, upbeat and,
best of all, I don’t have to cry. I
love that, because I’ve spent so
much time doing drama that this is
a really nice way to lighten things
up for me.
DD: What was it about this particular
movie, especially the character
of Jordan, that caught your
attention?
KM: I love the arc she
goes through. Jordan
starts out as a very tightly
wound real estate agent about to
get married to a very tightly wound
attorney. She has to face who she
really is beyond being type A and
totally under control. She unravels
a bit, and it was really fun to play a
character who was unraveling.
DD: How are you and Jordan
alike
KM: Well, unlike Jordan I like
to drink. Jordan doesn’t drink. I’m
Irish, and I do enjoy a good drink. I
did marry an attorney, but unlike
Peter (in the movie), my husband is
a recovering attorney. Eight months
after our daughter was born, he
said: “You know what? I don’t
think I want to do this anymore. I
don’t really like this.” I do like to
be in control. I like to know what’s
going on. I like routines, especially
having a child. I love the ritual,
routine nature of a day, because my
daughter has a very strict schedule.
We have a very rigid schedule, and
that’s very much like Jordan.
DD: What do you hope viewers
take away from the movie after
watching it?
KM: I really think it’s good to
shake your life up every once in a
while. I’m not saying to marry
someone who’s not your fiance, but
I think it’s good to step back every
once in a while and get perspective
on your life. Maybe step back and
say: “You know what? Let’s do
something crazy. Let’s go to Paris
next summer,” or “Let’s take off
school today and go to the park.
Just shake up your life every
once in a while and realize you
only live once.
Associated Images:
‘It was fun to
play a
character
who was
unraveling.’
– Kellie Martin
Hallmark
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