She also curated the soundtrack, which features a jazzy take on “Jingle Bells” from her “Living Single” buddy Terrence C. She rappelled off both a helicopter and a mountainside and spent time in a freezing river to boot. Although she had a stunt double at the ready, she did all her own stunts, Tom Cruise style. It felt organic.”įields chose to go outside of her own comfort zone as a person and actor as well. “Holmes and I have natural chemistry,” Fields said. (They even had to fly in a Port-O-Potty via helicopter.) Parker and Finn break down each other’s emotional walls as they battle bears, wolves, injuries, lack of food and mysterious caves. The film spends a bulk of its time out in the Canadian woods, which instantly makes it unique from holiday films frequently set in quaint small towns. Despite her skepticism, she decides to go for it.
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Her bosses think it would be a great contractually required TV special for her to spend 72 hours in the woods with Holt. The solution: Parker meets survivalist Finn Holt (a very Idris Elba-level sexy Adrian Holmes donning a British accent) on her talk show.
“We wanted her to be placed outside her comfort zone.” “Parker has had a few curveballs in her lifetime that have put her in this place,” Fields said. She purposely avoided using the term “control freak,” given its negative connotations.
Fields decided to create a character for herself, successful talk show host Parker Baldwin, who likes to know what’s coming and to be thoroughly prepared.