Lacey Chabert calls reunion with ‘Imply Ladies’ castmates a ‘full circle’ second: ‘We’re all mothers now!’

Lacey Chabert is prepared for the vacations. The actress, identified for her roles in Hallmark Christmas movies in addition to taking part in Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls, is coming into the season with significant reunions and new traditions.

Chabert is starring in two back-to-back Hallmark movies: A Merry Scottish Christmas alongside former Party of Five co-star Scott Wolf and Haul out the Holly: Lit Up, the sequel to 2022’s Haul out the Holly.

Each films arrive on the heels of the headline-grabbing Walmart ads that characteristic Chabert with Imply Ladies castmates Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried.

“It was much more enjoyable than it appeared,” she tells Yahoo Leisure about reuniting on set with fellow Plastics Lohan and Seyfried. “It was a very big day to be with Lindsay and Amanda once more and to reminisce concerning the expertise we had collectively, which is simply so distinctive, and to meet up with one another. We’re all mothers now! It was actually a full circle second.”

Practically 20 years after the film first premiered, Imply Ladies followers are nonetheless obsessive about the movie’s Y2K looks and catchphrases Chabert helped make well-known: “On Wednesdays, we put on pink,” “That is so fetch,” and “You may’t sit with us!” Its success led to a Tony Award-nominated Broadway present and an upcoming movie model of the musical, which hits theaters Jan. 12, 2024.

Trying again, Chabert can not help however have gratitude for the expertise.

“Each time I do any challenge, I hope that it is going to resonate with individuals,” she says of the movie’s lasting impression. “So, to have one thing be so effectively obtained is great.”

‘It was like stepping again in time’

One other full circle second for Chabert was reuniting with Scott Wolf for A Merry Scottish Christmas. The duo starred as brother and sister on Occasion of 5, which ran from 1994 to 2000.

Within the film, out Nov. 15, Chabert and Wolf play estranged siblings who journey to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mom.

“I’ll endlessly really feel like his little sister, and he is my protecting huge brother,” she says of Wolf. “He was very very similar to that on set, at all times ensuring I used to be OK. We have now a lot respect for one another.”

Chabert and Wolf have wished to movie a Hallmark movie collectively for years, she explains, however they have been by no means capable of finding “the best story” till now. As soon as on set, she says it was like nothing had modified.

“I’d take a look at him and simply begin laughing as a result of I used to be so excited we have been there,” Chabert says. “We hugged 1,000,000 occasions and I believe we each actually made certain to take all of it in and to actually recognize it, as a result of we knew how particular it was. It was like stepping again in time, in a manner.”

This ‘Queen of Hallmark’ makes use of a synthetic tree

With greater than 30 Hallmark films to her identify, a lot of that are vacation themed, followers have dubbed Chabert the “Queen of Hallmark.” That is a title she does not take frivolously.

“I really like Christmas a lot so I am honored if individuals are associating me with the vacations,” she says. “I really like the vacations. I really like internet hosting. And I really like having individuals over.”

Simply do not count on to see an actual Christmas tree within the Chabert family. Nonetheless, the actress, who just lately partnered with Glade for its limited-edition vacation fragrances, discovered methods of compensating by utilizing one of many firm’s many plug-in scents or candles.

“After I gentle it, I really feel like there’s an actual tree in my home,” she says of Glade’s Twinkling Pine and Cedar candle, noting that her private favourite is Starlight and Snowflakes as a result of it “smells like fresh-fallen snow.”

In the course of the holidays, the function that is most essential for Chabert is mother. She shares daughter Julia, 7, with husband Dave Nehdar.

“Being a mother adjustments your perspective on every little thing,” she says. “Every part I do in life, I do now as a mother or father. I need to be the very best model of myself for my daughter.”

That additionally consists of the roles she chooses to play and the businesses she companions with. “It’s another excuse I really like this partnership with Glade,” she explains. “The scents are nostalgic. It is so enjoyable to relive these traditions with Julia as a result of I get to see the magic via her eyes, and it brings again the very best reminiscences.”

A Merry Scottish Christmas premieres on the Hallmark Channel on Nov. 15. Haul out the Holly: Lit Up premieres on Nov. 25.