Andie MacDowellis celebrating three decades ofGroundhog Day!
“For me, Groundhog Day was a perfect movie,” said the actress, 54.
Part of the reason? The “really deep message,” that reminds her of another holiday classic starringJimmy StewartandDonna Reed.
“It’s sort of like[It’s]a Wonderful Life, in that you watch this movie and it makes you realize how gorgeous life is and how to be a good person,” MacDowell explained. “There’s a really deep message to it, and I think that’s what makes it — on top of it being just fun — so beautiful.”
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Groundhog Day(1993);It’s a Wonderful Life(1946).Louis Goldman/Columbia/Kobal/Shutterstock; RKO Radio Picture/Getty
She also praised late directorHarold Ramisas “the most gorgeous man,” whom she said was “was brilliant and kind and wonderful.”
“And I didMultiplicitywith him, as well, which I loved,” MacDowell added of the 1996 sci-fi comedy co-starringMichael Keaton.
The film was added to the United States National Film Registry in 2006 as being deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”
Andie MacDowell.TODAY
As for her newest role inThe Way Home, on which she also serves as an executive producer, MacDowell said onTodaythat she got “chills” when she read the script.
The series “is a family drama following the lives of three generations of women: Kat Landry (Chyler Leigh), her 15-year-old daughter Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow) and Kat’s mother Del (MacDowell), who are all strong, willful and independent,” according toan official synopsis.
“With Kat’s marriage coming to an end and having just been laid off from her job, she decides to return home after receiving an unexpected letter from Del urging her to come back. Although Alice is none-too-thrilled, Kat and her daughter arrive at her family’s farm, though the reunion isn’t what Kat had envisioned,” the synopsis adds, in part.
The Way Homepremieres Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on the Hallmark Channel.
source: people.com
