Followers could know her greatest as “Dr. April Kepner” on Gray’s Anatomy, however Sarah Drew feels festive about her newest mission, Mistletoe Murders. Appearing as government producer and headliner “Emily Lane,” the sequence hits HALLMARK+ on October 31 and, as Drew instructed us, “there’s a lot to discover” together with her character.
It’s arduous to imagine we’re speaking vacation. Are you able to inform us a little bit bit about Mistletoe Murders?
It’s truly primarily based on an Audible podcast of the identical title, which stars Cobie Smulders. That’s the character that I play within the TV sequence. It’s a few lady named Emily Lane who runs a Christmas store within the small city of Fletcher’s Grove—shout out to Jessica Fletcher! [laughs] Folks begin dying and he or she begins investigating. We uncover there’s extra to her than meets the attention. Let’s simply say she has expertise that she shouldn’t have as a Christmas store retail proprietor.
By means of her voiceover, we discover that there’s an entire different life that she’s…nicely, we’re unsure what it’s. She’s both hiding from it or operating from it. However there’s a previous in there that has allowed her to have some particular expertise to assist her resolve these crimes. It’s a extremely, actually enjoyable thriller present that has quite a lot of Christmas parts in it. And all of the thriller sleuthing. There’s romance, there’s friendship, there’s comedy. It has a little bit of every part. It feels a little bit like Veronica Mars to me.
I like that present. That sounds actually enjoyable. Individuals are all the time so excited when it’s time for the Hallmark vacation programming. On the finish of the day, after you’re filming and dealing, how do you find time for your self?
Most of my work has been away from dwelling since Gray’s Anatomy ended [for me] as a result of virtually nothing shoots in Los Angeles. I’m normally dwelling on my own in an condo after I get dwelling from work. I’ve a really particular routine. I do like a Korean face masks and a shower. I’ve tub salts and important oils. It’s form of my strategy to launch all of the stress from the day.
While you’re capturing lengthy hours and also you’re in each scene, and in a management place, you’re need to be on the whole time you’re at work. There’s not likely a second that anyone’s not watching you otherwise you’re not on. For me, on the finish of the night time, I’ve to permit my physique and my nervous system to settle down. The tub with the Epsom salts and important oils has been enormous for me.
That sounds nice. What do you depend on for skincare? Is there something that you simply actually love?
Sure! Tatcha! The Camellia Cleaning Oil. It’s my absolute go-to now. Truly, Pleasure Lenz put me onto it. She’s a buddy of mine. I had been simply utilizing common face cleansers, those that bubble up and cleaning soap up. She was like, “No, you should be using oil cleansers—only oil cleansers.” I swear by this Tatcha cleaning oil; I’ve it on set with me. I do an entire routine the place I get out of my make-up, do a scorching towel, cowl my face within the oil after which wipe it off with a moist towel. It’s what I exploit each single day earlier than I am going to mattress. That’s the one. Then, I exploit an evening cream from my dermatologist and a retinol cream. I combine these two issues collectively for after I fall asleep.
The moisturizer I exploit is IT Cosmetics Confidence in a Cream. I ask each make-up artist to have that. That’s what I placed on after I cleanse with Tatcha. If I’m simply eliminating my make-up, if I’m not going to mattress but, or if I’m beginning within the morning, that’s what I begin with. That’s the place I all the time have my make-up artists placed on as the very first thing earlier than we get occurring any make-up. I’ve fallen in love with this moisturizer. I swear, I used to be not superb at caring for my pores and skin till a few years in the past. I really feel like my pores and skin has been ageing backward since beginning to do that routine.
Photograph by Ryan West I like that product. I believe that every part they put out is wonderful.
Sure! I like IT Cosmetics. I typically use their basis as nicely as a result of they’ve a extremely sturdy SPF. I’m Irish and Scottish and English, so I simply burn. I’ve to be actually cautious, particularly if I’m capturing. For basis, after I’m on digicam, I typically ask for that. However I’m additionally all the time up for attempting one thing new. I simply all the time need to have my La Roche-Posay tinted sunscreen beneath.
I additionally love my Supergoop! The Unseen SPF. I’ve it in my purse always. If I’m going out to select the children up in school and I’ve to attend outdoors within the solar or no matter and I forgot to place sunscreen on, I simply have it in my purse and throw it on. It’s the best factor. Then I’ve the tinted La Roche that I simply use each day. If I’m simply placing on a tiny little bit of mascara and simply wish to look not fairly as bare on my face, that’ll simply be my each day factor. I exploit it just about as a basis, even when I’m simply going out. I don’t ever do any heavy stuff. I simply do the tinted.
I additionally love important oils and issues like that. I’ve this Madison Charles oil that Kelly Kruger truly sells. I find it irresistible as a result of it has this frankincense scent to it. For some purpose, it tips my mind that it’s time to fall asleep. I find it irresistible.
A fantastic lineup. My final query: What are you enthusiastic about as we get into the vacations and Halloween?
Now we have so many enjoyable traditions in my little dwelling and neighborhood block. Initially, my household’s actually into Halloween. This yr is a little bit bit totally different. My son made a Mandalorian costume from scratch final yr. It took him a strong 5 weeks and he labored on it a number of hours a day, like after faculty. He constructed each piece of armor. He bought a template on-line and constructed a helmet. He spray-painted every part. He purchased cloth and constructed a cape. He constructed a bag to carry the little Child Yoda. It was bananas.
I principally simply dressed up like a bounty hunter in house to go along with it. [laughs] Now, we’ve got the enormous inexperienced display screen that we dangle up in our yard. We’ve began doing little movies of our costumes. We do little slow-mo movies strolling towards the digicam at Halloween. Halloween is a giant deal. I simply have so many enjoyable issues taking place—the present included. There’s simply quite a lot of enjoyable developing.
