"She's similar a uncommon and beauteous unicorn," Tyler told E! News successful an exclusive interview. "When she showed up connected set, it was like, ‘The Eagle has landed.’ It was similar the president was joining us, and rightfully so. She's similar the country's mother."
Indeed, Donna—the existent ma of nonrecreational shot players Travis, 35, and Jason Kelce, 37—has go a household sanction successful caller years thanks, successful part, to her heartwarming narration with the NFL stars. In fact, Donna didn't miss the accidental to springiness a subtle motion to her youngest lad during her Holiday Touchdown cameo, wearing her ain 87 jersey adorned with a "love you mommy" connection from Travis connected the back.
As Hunter told E! of the Easter egg, "I cognize that she enactment a batch of thought into that."
Further reflecting connected her clip connected the Kansas City acceptable with Donna, Hunter agreed with Tyler that it "really was similar the president was successful the movie."
Why? "Because we had to sneak her successful done the back," she explained. "Once radical that lived successful Kansas City heard that determination was a Hallmark-Chiefs movie being made, everyone wanted to travel and get a glimpse of it, which was conscionable truthful unthinkable to ticker the Chiefs kingdom and however loyal their fans are and however loyal the Hallmark fans are."
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, which premieres Nov. 30, follows Chiefs superfan Alana (Hunter), whose household is vying for a accidental to triumph the NFL team's Fan of the Year contest. As it turns out, the contention is being judged by Derrick (Tyler) the manager of instrumentality engagement for the Chiefs, who doesn't truly recognize the passionateness of the Chiefs community.
"At first, they bump heads," Hunter noted, "because she's upset that this is the feline that's gonna justice if her household wins the Fan of the Year Award."
"But past this spark betwixt them grows," she continued, "and her household benignant of nudges her along."
And arsenic for wherefore the actors were drawn to this film?
"It’s a infinitesimal successful time, culturally, thematically for the Chiefs," Tyler explained. "It's similar specified a big, unprecedented happening that they're embarking on."
Of course, there's the added furniture of a definite Chiefs choky end's narration with Taylor Swift.
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"You person this beauteous emotion communicative of Trav and Taylor," Tyler continued. "And past Hallmark has been evolving and benignant of entering the taste zeitgeist for a portion now, and it conscionable felt similar everything benignant of converging for these 2 precise akin brands to squad up and bash something."
"And past the information that Hunter was coming connected board," helium added, "to pb this movie, arsenic fantastic arsenic an histrion arsenic she is, we're truthful fortunate, and the remainder of the formed are conscionable brainsick legends."
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Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story—which besides features Ed Begley Jr. and a cameo from Today's Jenna Bush Hager—premieres Nov. 30 astatine 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT connected Hallmark Channel.
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