Followers might know her finest as “Dr. April Kepner” on Gray’s Anatomy, however Sarah Drew feels festive about her newest mission, Mistletoe Murders. Performing as govt producer and headliner “Emily Lane,” the sequence hits HALLMARK+ on October 31 and, as Drew advised us, “there’s a lot to discover” along with her character.
It’s exhausting to consider we’re speaking vacation. Are you able to inform us somewhat 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] Individuals 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 her voiceover, we discover that there’s an entire different life that she’s…effectively, 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 remedy these crimes. It’s a extremely, actually enjoyable thriller present that has a number 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 all the pieces. It feels somewhat like Veronica Mars to me.
I really like that present. That sounds actually enjoyable. Persons 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 residence since Gray’s Anatomy ended [for me] as a result of virtually nothing shoots in Los Angeles. I’m often residing on my own in an condo once I get residence 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 type of my option to launch all of the stress from the day.
Once you’re taking pictures lengthy hours and also you’re in each scene, and in a management place, you’re need to be on the complete 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 evening, 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. Really, 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’m 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 once 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 really like that product. I feel that all the pieces they put out is superb.
Sure! I really like IT Cosmetics. I usually use their basis as effectively as a result of they’ve a extremely robust SPF. I’m Irish and Scottish and English, so I simply burn. I’ve to be actually cautious, particularly if I’m taking pictures. For basis, once I’m on digicam, I usually 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 simplest factor. Then I’ve the tinted La Roche that I simply use every day. If I’m simply placing on a tiny little bit of mascara and simply need to look not fairly as bare on my face, that’ll simply be my every 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 terrific lineup. My final query: What are you enthusiastic about as we get into the vacations and Halloween?
We’ve got so many enjoyable traditions in my little residence and neighborhood block. Initially, my household’s actually into Halloween. This yr is somewhat bit completely 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 all the pieces. He purchased material and constructed a cape. He constructed a bag to carry the little Child Yoda. It was bananas.
I mainly simply dressed up like a bounty hunter in area to go along with it. [laughs] Now, we have now the large inexperienced display screen that we cling 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 an enormous deal. I simply have so many enjoyable issues taking place—the present included. There’s simply a number of enjoyable developing.
