Patti Murin Talks ‘In Merry Measure’ & Her ‘Hope’ That A ‘Full-Blown’ Hallmark Movie Musical Will Happen (Exclusive)

Patti Murin stars successful the Hallmark vacation movie In Merry Measure, which incorporates her philharmonic prowess. The movie follows Darcy, played by Patti, a popular prima who returns to her hometown to walk Christmas with her household and yet begins coaching the precocious schoolhouse choir with her one-time rival. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Patti astir combining her 2 loves: acting and singing.

Patti Murin stars successful the a caller Hallmark movie. (Courtesy Photo)

“The euphony element, archetypal and foremost, was truthful exciting. I cognize Hallmark hasn’t yet done a due movie philharmonic full-on, but they person done a batch of movies that person euphony progressive with songwriters, singers, and performers. It was truly breathtaking to get to bash that due to the fact that it’s benignant of a full different constituent and besides conscionable the thought of idiosyncratic who had occurrence and is benignant of struggling to find it again. That’s a feeling that ne'er goes distant successful this industry, nary substance however palmy you look from the extracurricular to different people.”

She continued, “I connected very, precise easy to those feelings of feeling similar you’re perpetually struggling and trying to get radical to wage attraction and trying to benignant of scope the adjacent level of your goals and what you’ve ever pictured your beingness looking like, truthful that was truly exciting, too.”

In coaching the precocious schoolhouse choir, Patti got the accidental to enactment alongside a talented acceptable of young performers. “It’s large to spot that level of enthusiasm and energy. I consciousness similar it re-energizes the older radical successful the formed and reminds you of however amusive this is and however breathtaking it is,” Patti said. “They were each conscionable truthful crippled for thing and conscionable truthful thrilled to beryllium connected acceptable and learning. They were each conscionable really, truly large humans, not to notation their voices were each retired of this world. It is truly ever breathtaking to spot that adjacent procreation of performers and you’re like, okay, we’re successful bully hands. Musical theatre is successful bully hands.”

Patti does execute successful the Hallmark movie and wants to spot the web bash a movie philharmonic successful the future. “I cognize that Hallmark is truly opening up everything astir their movies and their characters and their diverseness and inclusivity and stuff,” Patti told HollywoodLife. “I consciousness similar they person truthful overmuch much licence present to beryllium much creative, and I anticipation that a full-blown movie philharmonic is successful the works, but this volition person to bash for the moment.”

Patti Murin with Jennifer Robertson. (Hallmark)

Patti stars alongside Schitt’s Creek alum Jennifer Robertson, who plays Patti’s onscreen sister. “Literally, the archetypal infinitesimal we met we were similar champion friends,” Patti gushed. The histrion admitted that she really drew inspiration from Jennifer’s Schitt’s Creek quality portion playing Paulette successful a accumulation of Legally Blonde.

The Broadway histrion revealed successful an Instagram post that she recovered retired that she was expecting her 2nd kid a week into shooting In Merry Measure. “This really wasn’t the archetypal Hallmark movie that I was large during due to the fact that erstwhile we did Love On Iceland successful precocious 2019, I recovered retired the week earlier we flew to Iceland that I was pregnant,” Patti admitted.

In summation to In Merry Measure, Patti besides released a associated album, Something Stupid, with hubby Colin Donnell. Patti explained that she and Colin were approached astir doing an medium successful 2020 erstwhile “everyone was inactive benignant of locked down and theatre would beryllium unopen down for astir different year.”

Patti and Colin spent months deciding what songs they would sing. “We really person a dependable booth successful our location due to the fact that we bought 1 since I bash audiobooks, and helium was signaling an medium with a friend,” Patti added. “The setup was already there, truthful it would person been silly to not bash it. We got a small spot delayed due to the fact that we each had to spell to Australia truthful Colin could sprout a  TV amusement that’s coming retired aboriginal this month. Everything got a small spot pushed back, but Broadway Records was truthful great. They worked with america and truly were truthful benignant to fto america enactment that disconnected for a minute.”

Patti Murin plays Darcy successful the Hallmark movie ‘In Merry Measure.’ (Hallmark)

The mates has appeared successful the aforesaid projects, but Patti noted that they “very seldom play other each other.” Patti revealed that she would “love to bash a long-running signifier philharmonic with him [Colin]. That benignant of messes up our childcare, but that’s what grandmas are for. Working with him is precise easy. I consciousness similar we complement each other, and we besides cognize each different truthful good successful presumption of however we some enactment due to the fact that we person seen each different enactment truthful overmuch it’s ever fun. It’s ne'er thing that we bring home, you cognize what I mean? We don’t bring it home. It’s work. We bash enactment and we travel location and we bash home.”