Spoiler Alert: This story comprises spoilers for “Meet Me Subsequent Christmas,” now streaming on Netflix.
Christina Millian and Devale Ellis knew their passionate kiss in Netflix’s “Meet Me Subsequent Christmas” needed to be good.
“One of many producers was identical to, ‘Hear, man, no strain in any respect. Motion pictures are made proper right here at this second, so don’t mess this up. However there’s no strain. However let’s elevate the movie by making a terrific kiss. Okay, go on the market, children,’” Ellis tells Selection of the strain to nail that pivotal second.
So how did they overcome the nerves and ship? “We received threatened,” Ellis jokes. Acknowledging that the logistics of the shot required for an intense make-out, Ellis provides, “[Director Rusty Cundieff] tell us, like, ‘It’s gonna be lengthy, as a result of we gotta go round you guys thrice because the world melts round you.’ After which Christina had, like, garlic knots that day.”
“Onions, garlic, sausage… I used to be like, ‘Prepared?’” Milian quips with fun.
Within the movie, Ellis’ concierge Teddy helps Layla (Milian) on her journey to land tickets to Pentatonix’s sold-out Christmas present. Layla hopes to reunite along with her dream man James (Kofi Siriboe) on the present, however as an alternative finds herself falling for Teddy as they certain by town on the hunt for tickets.
If the kiss didn’t already put sufficient strain on his shoulders, Ellis was additionally decided to verify this movie lives as much as Milian’s different Netflix rom-coms, 2019’s “Falling in Love” and 2021’s “Resort to Love.” “I felt prefer it was going to be a traditional primary, as a result of Christina’s been placing out classics the final couple years,” Ellis says. “So after I first received solid, I used to be excited however nervous as a result of I used to be identical to, we received to do it proper.”
“Basic primary” is true. “Meet Me Subsequent Christmas” garnered 18.1 million streams on Netflix inside its first week, debuting because the most-watched title on the platform from Nov. 4 by 10. “We’re simply comfortable that naturally individuals gravitated to this time of yr, taking in Christmas proper now, feeling that pleasure,” Milian says.
