Christmas in the Spotlight Stars on Channeling Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce's 'Beautiful Love Story
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00:00We are getting in the holiday spirit,
00:03celebrating Christmas in the spotlight.
00:06First of all, y'all are the gift that keeps on giving.
00:10You actually brought me physical gifts.
00:12Check out my new bracelets.
00:14Thank you so much.
00:15You are welcome back anytime.
00:17I gave her a hug.
00:19But you guys, congratulations on this film.
00:23Obviously, Christmas in the Spotlight is loosely based
00:26on the real-life romance of a celebrity couple
00:30we cannot get enough of, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
00:35I've never heard of them.
00:36You've never heard of them, right?
00:40You should ask her out.
00:43Like I would have a chance with her.
00:45I'm Drew.
00:46You're a big fan.
00:47Am I supposed to know who he is?
00:48He's the best receiver in the world.
00:50Get his number.
00:51What do you think it is about their romance
00:54that people just love?
00:58I mean, I think even just alone,
01:00the fact that she's the biggest pop star in the world,
01:02he's this incredible football player,
01:05that itself, having these two stars joined together.
01:07And I think it's just really nice to see them happy.
01:09Yeah.
01:10And I think people just really love that.
01:11Especially at the height of their success.
01:13I mean, he's going for a third Super Bowl.
01:15She, gosh, the heiress to her.
01:17Yeah.
01:18She's taking over the world.
01:19Literally.
01:20It's nice too to see someone
01:23who we've all related to listening to her music
01:25and going through heartbreak,
01:26finally find that happily ever after.
01:29So our fingers are crossed for her.
01:32But how familiar were you both with their story
01:37as a couple and then also as individuals
01:39before heading into this project?
01:41Personally, I just, I mean, gosh,
01:44when you watch the Chiefs, she's there at every game.
01:46So I, but I wasn't aware of the beginning
01:49and how it first came to pass, you know?
01:51So I was kind of going in blind a little bit.
01:54Okay.
01:54I don't know about you.
01:55No, same for me.
01:56I like don't really follow football at all.
01:58So it was, you know, you obviously see it in the news.
02:00It's something that's right in front of all of us.
02:02It's everywhere.
02:03Yeah.
02:04In general, I don't like follow a lot of celebrity news,
02:06but you know, it was just so nice to see her happy
02:09and see them together.
02:09And it just feels like such a good fit,
02:11you know, from the outside.
02:13It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me.
02:18How familiar were you with Taylor's musics?
02:20Oh, I-
02:21You have to channel it.
02:22Yeah, no, a hundred percent.
02:23I am a huge fan.
02:24I went to, I saw her live when I was younger.
02:27You know, I used to, I've got so many memories
02:28when I was younger with my friends,
02:29like listening to Taylor Swift, Love Story, Our Song.
02:32Those were like my absolute faves.
02:34So yeah, I think she's incredible.
02:35I watched Error's Tour like seven times
02:37to get into the pop star spirit.
02:39That was my next question is how did you prepare
02:41to get into embodying one of the biggest pop stars
02:47in the world?
02:47Yeah, I mean, definitely watching the Error's Tour.
02:49Like I said, I watched it a few times
02:51just to really get into that spirit
02:52and I'm a dancer myself.
02:53So even just playing her music,
02:55dancing around my apartment, which is what I do anyway.
02:57So that just really helped me sort of channel that,
03:00you know, excitement to perform
03:01and just to really channel that pop star energy.
03:03It's art imitating life.
03:06Yeah.
03:06And for you too, especially playing football before,
03:09this is, I imagine that was,
03:12when you first found out about this role
03:13and you know, okay, I'm an actor, I play football.
03:17This is, I'm a shoo-in, I'm a shoo-in, right?
03:19When you first found out about this role,
03:21how excited were you knowing what you could contribute
03:24because you know, you've got that history.
03:26So this story is a little bit different, right?
03:29So technically I play a wide receiver
03:32and I don't know if you guys know this,
03:33but I am not a wide receiver size.
03:36I am about 250 pounds.
03:38So, you know, you kinda,
03:39you gotta kinda work with it a little bit
03:41and you get out on the field and you run some routes
03:43and you hope you don't look slow as molasses out there.
03:47But no, it was fun.
03:50You know, I already, I've been through that phase in my life.
03:52I've played for the Arizona Cardinals a little bit.
03:55I've played another tight end as well,
03:58Mr. Rob Gronkowski.
03:59So I know what it takes and I know the mold.
04:02So it was pretty fun to just go in there and play,
04:05you know, let loose.
04:06I have to say, I mean, I feel like Tim Tebow is next.
04:09You gotta play him next.
04:10You're a spitting image here.
04:12I mean, could we keep this train rolling?
04:14We're waiting for the biopic, baby.
04:17I love it.
04:18For you two, singing your own songs here
04:20and having original songs created for you,
04:23and now you're working on your own music.
04:24I mean, what was that experience like?
04:27I mean, in the actual movie,
04:28the music was pre-recorded before they even casted us.
04:31So there's a couple of scenes
04:33where my character's creating the music
04:34and I got to actually kinda sing a little bit
04:36and play guitar,
04:37because I grew up playing guitar for seven years
04:39when I was younger.
04:40I stopped for a little bit,
04:41but this has definitely encouraged me
04:42to tap back into music, which is really exciting.
04:45So yeah, I'm just excited to be back on that role.
04:49You know, I mentioned for him feeling like,
04:51you know, having that NFL background and whatnot,
04:54it's like, oh, I'm so born for this role.
04:57And then just hearing you say, you know,
04:58you're a dancer, you're a singer, you play guitar.
05:01It's almost like when you saw the script
05:04and you saw the prerequisites almost for this role,
05:09were you like, wow, I can do this because this is me.
05:12A hundred percent.
05:13It was like, I related to Bowen so much right off the bat,
05:15even just naturally her love for performing,
05:17her love for people, her non-profit work,
05:19like her, just her perseverance and, you know,
05:22choosing herself, like she's really strong.
05:24So I just really resonated with her right off the bat
05:26and was so excited to bring a pop star to life.
05:28Like, are you kidding?
05:29That's so much fun.
05:30That's what we all,
05:31that's what we grow up as little girls in our rooms
05:34pretending we are pop stars.
05:36Exactly, no, I know, which is just a dream come true.
05:39Honestly, I'm so grateful.
05:41And then the wardrobe too.
05:42I mean, how much fun was that to,
05:45you know, the sequined dresses and all that,
05:48but seeing the wardrobe too,
05:50how much fun did you have playing dress up?
05:51Oh my gosh, it was literally like a three hour fit in
05:53and I couldn't get enough.
05:54Like every single thing I tried on,
05:56I was so excited about,
05:57I wanted to wear every single thing I tried on.
05:58It was amazing.
05:59Like the wardrobe department killed it.
06:02They absolutely killed it, so.
06:04Well, you two killed it as well.
06:06What do you hope fans take away from watching this?
06:10I mean, I hope that it brings families together
06:12to watch a warm, you know, holiday movie.
06:14And I also hope it inspires people to persevere
06:18and fight for what they want.
06:19And, you know, just bringing people together
06:21for the holidays, I think is so special.
06:22So I'm really like,
06:24well, I think both of us are really just grateful
06:25to be part of something that can bring people together,
06:27you know?
06:28And go after love.
06:29Exactly.
06:30What about you?
06:31What do you hope fans take away?
06:32You know, I just,
06:33I take a look at the relationship in the movie
06:35and sometimes people,
06:37especially in their position,
06:40everyone's always taking.
06:41They always want something from you.
06:42And when these two people come together,
06:45it's more about what they can give to one another,
06:48which I think is what the holiday season is all about.
06:51You know, what can you give?
06:52What can you,
06:53how can you love another person,
06:55you know, selflessly?
06:56So I think it's a really great message
06:59and we have a lot of fun doing it.
07:01Ah, it's true.
07:03It's so fun.
07:04And for you two,
07:05I mean, you are a newlywed.
07:07Yes.
07:08Congratulations.
07:09Our lovely wife is here.
07:10Yes, she's here.
07:11Danielle.
07:12Hey, baby.
07:13You got married earlier this year.
07:14So I imagine when you were heading into filming this,
07:17just a couple months out from tying the knot,
07:20how much did that help you?
07:22Because I mean, that's,
07:23that's really that art imitating life.
07:25Yeah.
07:26I mean, she,
07:27she was such a big support to me.
07:28She came to set so many times.
07:30And she's here at E.T.
07:32Supporting too.
07:33My ride or die.
07:34Aw.
07:35And everybody loves her.
07:36She's such a great support to me
07:38and just having her there by my side.
07:41Luckily, we did get a little honeymoon.
07:42We did Santorini and Mykonos before we shot the movie,
07:45but it was awesome.
07:48She, she comes everywhere with me.
07:49I love it.
07:50Well, we as fans will be celebrating the holidays
07:53by watching you two do the gifts at Thanksgiving.
07:57We appreciate your time here.
07:58My last question, of course,
08:00is what message do you have for Travis and Taylor
08:05if they see this film?
08:07I mean, I just hope that they love it.
08:08You know, I feel like, you know,
08:10who doesn't love these lifetime holiday movies?
08:12And I just hope that they enjoy it.
08:14And yeah, it brings them together,
08:16hopefully to watch another fun holiday movie.
08:19Travis and Taylor, they are bigger than life.
08:22Like unbelievable.
08:23And our movie is just a simple,
08:25humble homage to their beautiful love story.
08:29We could never recreate them.
08:31We just, we just want to tell our version.
08:33And you know, it's,
08:35our characters have a little bit of us
08:36sprinkled into it and just, you know,
08:39giving all praise to them.
08:40They're awesome.
08:41And when Taylor's tour continues, the next one,
08:44we hope to see you two in the VIP booth.
08:47I hope so.
08:48I'm going to be background dancing in that thing.
08:50Who was dancing more on set now?
08:52Was it you?
08:53Honestly, it might have been.
08:54It might have been.
08:55He totally learned some of the routines and everything.
08:57Oh yeah.
08:58He was, he was committed.
08:59I'm not going to lie to you.
09:00I had to recreate some of those moves
09:01on the football field to like, you know,
09:03like celebrate with her.
09:04And they were like, yeah, you know what?
09:06We're just going to cut the spin.
09:07It's just, yeah.
09:08Just make it simple.
09:09Okay.
09:10I got to do my feet.
09:11So funny, so funny.
09:12Now, since she brought me bracelets,
09:15you have to give us a dance move.
09:19You got to recreate something from set.
09:21That's the gift you can part with.
09:23The dance move?
09:24All right.
09:25So Bolin's main move,
09:28even in the darkest night,
09:29you got to shine, shine, shine, shine.
09:32Shine!
09:32Oh no!
09:34Happy holidays at home, everybody!
09:39Thank you!
09:39You guys, congratulations.
09:40Happy holidays.
09:41Thank you, thank you.