(Not to mention that throwing your fans for a loop can be big fun.)
Jill Wagner’s surprisingcareer twistsare a case in point.
In the show, her character is (spoiler alert!)
killed, but she later returns from the dead as a shape-shifting werejaguar bent on revenge.
In short, Wagner got to play a memorable villain that people loved to hate.
She also worked with GAC Family on her latest Christmas movie, “A Christmas Miracle for Daisy.”
her ex-boyfriend, who’s now raising his orphaned young goddaughter, Daisy, as a single father.
When I got the script, I hadn’t announced the name of my new little girl.
I had a little baby girl about three months ago and I had not announced her name yet.
And I think that that automatically attracted me to the script.
And so I think it’s just a really special message.
And I just think it’s so special and it’s just so heartwarming how they tell the story.
And so I was really proud to be a part of it.
What else drew you to the project?
I mean, those things in particular, but anything else?
So I think sometimes it can be a very reflective moment and a sad time for some people.
And she’s so open to finding a mother and she’s so open to love.
And so I love that message.
Oh, the best part of filming this movie was, let’s see.
I love meeting the new people and just creating with them.
It becomes kind of like a family.
And so that’s always been the best part of any project.
I do have a worst part of this project.
This one, in particular, it was really hard for me because I had just had a baby.
She had some health issues, so we didn’t want to take her away from her doctors.
And so I left her back home with her doctors to go film.
And I will tell you, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.
And later on you’ll understand why Mommy had to leave and do that."
But it’s not easy leaving your child at any point in time.
But I think being a new mom that was really, really hard for me to do.
Christmas has always been special for Jill Wagner
What makes a Christmas movie special for you?
What would make a really, really good one?
So I hope that this Christmas movie does that for people.
It’s really, really heartwarming.
And I think at Christmas time, it’s okay to get a little emotional.
And some of these movies that we film, they pull [at] your heartstrings.
Because I think all of them have a little bit of Christmas magic in them.
Are you planning anything special for Daisy’s first Christmas?
I think I’m not planning anything in particular.
I think that’s the most important thing.
And then, of course, the baking and letting them eat all the sweets that they can.
I think that’s pretty special too.
That is quite a different role doing all these holiday films.
How do you go from one to another?
That’s a good question.
And she made a comment.
She said, “I just don’t understand it, Jill.
It’s fun sometimes to play the bad girl.
But earlier on in my career, it was completely opposite.
But I certainly do love playing the good girl in the Christmas movies and things like that.
And a lot of the times the character is very close to how I feel in my real life.
And I think that’s why so many people gravitate towards them.
What initially attracted you to your role in “Teen Wolf”?
I think what initially attracted me is the fact that I got to do something that was very exciting.
I had been on MTV before.
In fact, MTV gave me my first show, called “Punk’d.”
I was on that with Ashton Kutcher.
I was the first female sketch performer.
And so to get a chance to be back on their connection was great.
And then I think it’s just exciting.
It was the first time that I was going to go under extensive prosthetics.
And that was a lot of fun.
It’s just fun to play a character like that because it gets you into the role.
I feel like they were kids when they started.
They’re very talented actors.
I mean, I put it up there, same thing with “Twilight.”
There’s a new “Teen Wolf” movie coming out.
Are you going to have any part in that?
I don’t know.
You know what, I have no idea.
My next year is going to be pretty, pretty packed, I do know that.
I’m filming a new series called “Lioness.”
I’m a co-creator and executive producer and starring in that.
And it’s aTaylor Sheridanproject.
And that’s one of the No.
1 TV shows on right now.
And so we were very lucky to have a project with him involved.
And that’s going to be something that’s totally different than any of the films that I filmed.
I would say it’s a little less family-friendly.
I don’t necessarily know that I’d let my daughter watch “Lioness.”
It’s more military-based.
It’s something that I’m training for right now.
In fact, I get up every morning and I train for about an hour and a half.
And it’s not easy, especially since I just had a baby.
It gets harder and harder, but it’s something I feel very passionate about.
