Skyler Samuels Reveals If She Spoke to Candace Cameron Bure About Aurora Teagarden Role

As the newly minted Aurora Teagarden, Skyler Samuels has been opening up about how she made the character her own in several interviews.

The 29-year-old actress took over the part in the first prequel movie, Something New, which debuted this week, and will re-air tonight, June 11 at 7 p.m. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

In one of her many conversations, Skyler revealed if she spoke to or reached out to Candace Cameron Bure, who originated the on-screen character, at all.

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Turns out, she didn’t, and shared the reason why:

“No, I’ve had no contact with Candace, and I watched the old movies for inspiration,” Skyler told Entertainment Tonight.

She added that “Candace has her interpretation of Aurora as an adult, and I definitely have my own interpretation of Aurora as a young adult. So it’s not so much a reboot as it is a reimagining of Aurora and her world.”

“The aesthetic and the tone is very different than the original movies. There are definitely components of Aurora that will feel familiar to the original version, but we’re really seeing a different side of her,” Skyler says. “She’s less polished, she’s not very good at solving mysteries yet. We’re watching her come into her own. This is definitely a new Aurora in many ways.”

You can watch Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New at 7 p.m.!