Cindy Busby and Christopher Russell Tease Their Reunion on ‘When Hope Calls’ Season 2

Hallmark Channel stars Cindy Busby and Christopher Russell are reuniting for one more onscreen romance!

The actors spoke to followers at Christmas Con 2024 in Edison, N.J., earlier in December. Throughout a panel dialogue, the pair — who’ve beforehand labored collectively on a number of initiatives — dished on becoming a member of the second season of the historic romance collection When Hope Calls, which premieres in January on the Nice American Household community.

“There’s gonna be just a little little bit of family-oriented enjoyable, there’s gonna be a number of coronary heart, and let me let you know, there’s gonna be some romance,’ Russell, 41, teased of the upcoming season. “Some persons are gonna fall in love, they could even kiss, I do not know.”

And whereas Busby, 41 — who performs the character of Nora within the new season — mentioned she was thrilled to reunite along with her former costar Russell, she revealed that they “didn’t know that this was gonna be a factor.”

“Yeah, I do not know if any of you have been conscious that Cindy and I’ve labored collectively earlier than,” Russell added with amusing. “We have accomplished 4 motion pictures collectively. After which when — I am going to simply inform my aspect of it — once I was supplied the function of the brand new Mountie on the town [in When Hope Calls season 2], I believe I used to be by accident BCC’d on an electronic mail chain and should not have been. And I noticed that Cindy Busby was additionally going to be part of the present. And that was it. I used to be like, ‘You’d higher get me on that.’ “

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“It labored out for us,” Busby chimed in, including that the 2 had been “manifesting” engaged on a collection collectively.

As for whether or not Russell can have a shirtless scene this season?

“Hear, I fought and fought,” Busby jokingly instructed the viewers. “I fought for it. I am in your aspect, everybody. Okay? You may have [to] tune in to seek out out, however let me let you know, that Mountie jacket is tight. It is tight. You do not want him to take it off. You possibly can see all of it with the jacket.”

Busby additionally praised everybody concerned within the upcoming mission, saying, “We simply wrapped the day earlier than Thanksgiving, so yeah, we’re wrapped on season 2, and the premiere will probably be in 2025. And I’ve gotta say, it was such a dream attending to shoot that present and to be a part of a interval piece. Genuinely, each single particular person within the solid and the crew was unbelievably gifted and simply gave it their all and their hearts.”

From the sounds of it, followers will probably be effectively entertained this season. “And the tales are wonderful, and there is motion, and there is coronary heart and attending to work with this man once more,” Busby continued, motioning to Russell.

When Hope Calls — a by-product collection to the Hallmark present When Calls the Coronary heart — initially premiered in 2019 and starred Lori Loughlin, Morgan Kohan and Jocelyn Hudon. The present then launched two holiday-themed episodes on GAF in 2021, and it was introduced in September that extra episodes can be launched on GAF in 2025 with a largely new solid. Along with Busby and Russell, season 2 is about to star Kohan, Nick Bateman, Wendy Crewson and Hanneke Talbot.

Busby and Russell most notably labored collectively within the 2021 Hallmark Channel film Chasing Waterfalls, which options Busby as an formidable nature photographer who falls in love along with her light and even-keeled nature information, performed by Russell.

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Season 2 of When Hope Calls is about to premiere on GAF in January 2025.