See two exclusive clips from Reindeer Games Homecoming, which Drew also wrote.
It’s time to start dreaming of a white Christmas with a shade ofGrey’s.
But Mac loves tackling other sets of challenges, too.
Justin Bruening and Sarah Drew in ‘Reindeer Games Homecoming’.Lifetime
This year, though, there’s a wrinkle in the action.
Will he win something more important than the Games… [checks notes]… her heart?
Let’s stop asking questions we already know the answer to.
“We have great chemistry together.
And on top of all that, he’s such an incredible team player.
We had such a blast together.
We have a very similar way that we navigate through character journey stuff.”
Although she was going for the three-peat, she wasn’t interested in reviving past dynamics.
And she hopes that this pairing provides as much humor as heart.
And we wanted to tap into that as well.
She says she was simply trying to conjure up a retro romantic comedy.
It feels like a little trip down memory lane.
What’s really lovely aboutReindeer Gamesand these two characters is that they know each other very, very well.
So you’re rooting for them from the beginning.
You don’t have the stolen looks, the ‘Will they or won’t they?’
It’s really just like: These people are meant to be together.
How’s it all gonna play out?"
With plenty of games.
“There are big events that are super fun and super joyous and really funny.”
So we had a role reversal.
He was trying to psych me up to get in the water and I was freaking out.
It was very cold.
Once you get in, it’s really a mind-over-matter thing."
The hockey game also proved to be a bit of a challenge.
Just get excited and celebrate!'
It wasn’t specific sequences.
Everybody was mic’d, but the only person you hear panting in the dailies is me.
Drew seems just fine to keep her heart rate up with Bruening for years to come.
“He’s totally a work husband,” she says.
“I know we’ll work together again.
We are already coming up with ideas of stuff to do together again.
We love working together.
It’s so fun.
But we have a blast.
It’s so easy to work with him.
And I always know that I’m gonna have an incredibly supportive ally on set with me.
When you hire someone you don’t know if that’s going to be the case.
I’d love to make movies with my friends forever.
It’s just so much fun.'”
TheReindeer Gamesbegin Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime.
