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What's It Take to Make a Hallmark Movie in Europe? Alison, Ashley Tell All

Alison Sweeney and Ashley Williams reveal how 'To Barcelona, With Love' brought Hallmark's charm to Europe including filming challenges in Spain

While both films follow the Hallmark protocol of finding love through mishaps and missed connections, how they were made was a little different than most of the projects produced in Canada or the United States. She laughed, remembering shooting in a market where “Spanish people [were] coming to get their food for dinner that night, and they’re just suddenly in the middle of our scene.” Williams noted, “It was partly, you know, the budget constraint, but that meant that we were able to bring the liveliness of the city into the movie. Alison Sweeney is a self-proclaimed “huge” Jane Austen fan, but it wasn’t until she watched Keri Russell’s Austenland that her fandom sparked a Hallmark Channel movie about the author.

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