Elizabeth Hurley Starring In Son Damian’s New Film (Unique) – Hollywood Life

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Elizabeth Hurley‘s son Damian has been following in his mom’s footsteps in relation to each beautiful seems and unimaginable expertise. The 20-year-old is at the moment in manufacturing for a film he wrote and is directing, whereas his mother helps produce and star in a small function. “It’s a small unbiased film that we’ve put collectively right here,” Elizabeth gushed, talking from her lodge within the Caribbean, in an EXCLUSIVE interview on the HollywoodLife Podcast. “I’ve been manic, and completely as much as the eyeballs with a mix of each stress — me performing in a brand new film, producing a film — and I haven’t produced a film for the reason that 90s — and in addition, I’m his mom, so issues are form of coming at me from all instructions.”

Elizabeth revealed Damian’s movie is a “actual attractive, sensual thriller,” and “actually makes use of the island for what it’s acquired to supply.” Whereas she admitted she’s “not the star” of the film, as a lot of the forged is “25 to 26,” she performs a “extra mature half coming in.” “It’s very thrilling, in order that’s what I’ll be doing proper up till the reindeer come to take us residence!” the mannequin laughed.

She went on to say that balancing parenting, performing and producing has confirmed to be a “laborious juggle” within the midst of manufacturing. “I awoke right this moment doing division in my thoughts. I stated, you understand what, I’m going to have to provide have to provide 50% of myself to my function and to performing, I’m going to provide 40% to producing this, as a result of a lot of the work is completed in prep, and I’m going to provide 10% to being a mommy,” Elizabeth stated. “So, I stated to Damian, ‘You’ve acquired to do 90% with out me. I’m not going to get you up within the morning and put meals in entrance of you as a result of I’ve acquired a lot to focus on, every little thing else on the identical time!”

Elizabeth admitted it’s “laborious” as a result of she is “so conscious” of the “huge problem” forward of Damian, as she’s been within the business herself, however she additionally is aware of he has been working towards this second his complete life. “Because it occurs, he’s been making child films since he was 10 years previous. Damian’s been cajoling us to be in his films! He used to run across the camcorder and he used to principally break each trip we ever had,” she laughed. “He used to make all of us be in his films. Everybody I’ve ever related to — boyfriends, husbands, members of the family, pals!”

Final yr, round this identical time, Elizabeth was again within the Caribbean filming her new vacation film Christmas In Paradise, alongside Kelsey Grammer and Billy Ray Cyrus. “It’s very mild hearted, however there’s quite a lot of huge, emotional ‘umph’ in it, on the identical time, which actually made it worthwhile doing,” she recalled. The movie follows Joanna Christmas and her sisters (‘The Christmas Sisters’) whose vacation season is upended when their father James (Kelsey Grammer), goes AWOL after his fiancé dumps him. He finally ends up fleeing to the Caribbean island of Nevis, the place Joanna and her sisters observe to find their dad truly residing his finest life within the sunshine.

“This one is a beautiful Christmas film, however with a distinction and the distinction being that as an alternative of getting snow and reindeers, we now have palm bushes with lights round them!” Elizabeth defined. “We’re actually fortunate that we had Kelsey Grammer, who everybody is aware of as a hysterically humorous actor, but it surely’s actually attention-grabbing as a result of while after all he’s very humorous, he has such coronary heart and such depth on this function.”

She continued, “He actually plums his feelings and offers an extremely transferring efficiency. His character is occurring a giant, and a few may say scary, journey in the mean time, which is why he’s come to the Caribbean. All of us sisters, we additionally, via him, make some fairly essential life choices and we assess our personal lives, as properly.”

Christmas In Paradise is offered to observe now in choose theaters, and On Demand, digital and Blu-Ray!