Kristoffer Polaha Talks The 'Challenge' of Hallmark's 'We Wish You A Married Christmas'

Kristoffer Polaha and Marisol Nichols are starring in the second movie of Hallmark Channel‘s Countdown to Christmas 2022!

In We Wish You A Married Christmas, married couple Becca and Robby head to a a cozy Vermont inn at the advice of their marriage coach so they can recharge, after having a hard time connecting with each other as the holidays approach.

In a new interview, Kris opened up about how Hallmark flipped their formula around for this film.

“Marisol and I read the script, we’re like, ‘How are you going to take a couple that’s literally on the brink of divorce…’ I mean, the opening scene is them making the decision to separate,” he shared with TV Fanatic. “How do you put that couple in the Hallmark bubble, and how do you get the audience to root for that couple without them being unlikable because they’re falling out of love? And the trick was, how do we get them back on track, and how do we get people to root for that and want to see that? And so it was a challenge.”

We Wish You A Married Christmas premieres Saturday, October 22 at 8 p.m. on Hallmark Channel. Check out a sneak peek below!