Undercover Holiday is a Hallmark movie and the cast includes Noemi Gonzalez, Stephen Huszar, Sergio Di Zio, and others.
The film is directed by Bradley Walsh, known for directing various TV Serirs and movies such as A Merry Christmas Wish, When Hope Calls, The Holiday Train, When Hope Calls: Hearties Christmas Present, Colors of Love, and many more. He has directed and produced more than thirty-five and ten TV series and movies, respectively.
Nina Weinman, the writer of the Undercover Holiday, is popular for writing Stop the Wedding in 2016, ‘Tis the Season for Love in 2015, and Annie Claus Is Coming to Town in 2011. She has written about 28 movies, such as Christmas in Tahoe, A Mrs. Miracle Christmas, Breakup Boot Camp, and others. In 2017, she won the Faith and Freedom Award for Operation Christmas.
The story of the movie lies around the life of Jaylen, played by Noemi Gonzalez. Her family is super protective, and when she returns home for the holidays, she says that her security guard, Matt played by Stephen Huszar, is her new beau.
Hallmark’s Undercover Holiday Cast And Characters
The main cast of the Hallmark movie, Undercover Holiday is Noemi Gonzalez and Stephen Huszar. Their role details are:
Noemi Gonzalez As Jaylen Rodriguez
Who is Jaylen Rodriguez?
Jaylen Rodriguez is the main character of the movie who is a newly minted pop star. She has a protective family and when she returns to her hometown to celebrate the Christmas holidays with her family she lies to them and states that her overzealous security guard Matt is her beau or her boyfriend. She later develops feelings for her fake boyfriend and they are possibly romantically involved after spending time together.
Where have we seen Noemi Gonzalez before?
American actressNoemi Gonzalez is known for her roles in the Hulu series, East Los High as Soli Gomez. She also played the character of Mia Rosales from 2018 to 2019 on the Daytime soap opera by CBS, The Young and the Restless. The actress has been singing and acting from a young age since she was in elementary school.
She has worked on over 20 movies and series such as The Tax Collector as Delia, Slipping Into Darkness as Adriana, Nanny’s Nightmare, This Fool as Monica, The Valet as Clara, Traces as Kate, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, and many more. She has around 121 thousand followers on Instagram, username @iamnoemigonzalez.
Stephen Huszar As Matt
Who is Matt?
Matt, played by Stephen is the overzealous bodyguard of the main character of the movie, Jaylen. He is a former Navy SEAL. He goes to her hometown during the Christmas holidays and meets her family as her new beau. After spending time together during the holidays he starts to have feelings for the pop star. Later, he is romantically involved with her and possibly does not have to be a fake boyfriend anymore.
Where have we seen Stephen Huszar before?
Other than Undercover Holiday, the 38-year-old actor has worked in a recurring role on the series Paradise Falls as Tucker Harwood in 2008 and Corner Gas as Rec Plex Attendant, Rob from 2007 to 2009. The 6’1″ actor started his career in 2004 in The Cradle Will Fall. He has worked in over fifty-five movies as an actor.
Serpentine is his upcoming movie that is yet to be released where he plays the role of Luke Murphy. He is also a producer and has produced Dinner with Dex, The First Days, Mad Cow Sacred Cow, Landing: Stories from the Cultural Divide, and others. He is active on Instagram username @stephenhuszar with over 102 thousand followers.
Other Casts of Undercover Holiday
The other casts of the Hallmark movie, Undercover Holiday according to IMDb are:
- Sergio Di Zio plays Benny
- Juan Chioran plays Joaquin
- Mishka Thebaud plays Hector
- Diana Salvatore plays Lorelai
- Ann Pirvu plays Margot
- Amanda Martinez plays Camila
- Karn Kalra plays Eddie
- Allison Feliciano plays Faith
- Gabriela Reynoso plays Abuela
- Derick Agyemang plays Tyler
- Rish Nanda plays Char
When Is Undercover Holiday Releasing On Hallmark?
The holiday season Christmas movie, Undercover Holiday, releases on December 4, 2022.
The upcoming Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas film is set to release twenty-one days before Christmas on the fourth of December at 8 p.m. Eastern on a Sunday in the United States.
The movie is a Hallmark exclusive. It is only available to stream on Hallmark and not on any other platform. The rom-com movie has a runtime of one hour and minutes. The genre of the film is comedy, romance, and holiday-themed based on Christmas.
Can’t wait to see this one
— Deborah Bouwmeester (@DeborahBouwmee1) November 30, 2022
A Twitter user replied by tweet of Nina Weinman, the writer of the movie, and stated that she could not wait to see the movie. People are waiting for the movie to release and were excited to see Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas movie.
Undercover Holiday Plot And Trailer Analysis
Undercover Holiday plot involves a rom-com revolving around the life of Jaylen Rodriguez.
Noemi Gonzalez plays the character of a newly minted pop star who plans to return home for the holidays to her very protective family. She takes her overjealous security guard, Matt portrayed by Stephen Huszar back to her hometown with her and introduces him to her family as her beau. She lies to her family that her security guard is her boyfriend.
Jaylen Rodriguez, the recently popular pop star is preparing for her first tour to make the headlines. Before traveling and hitting the road, she wants to return back to her family to celebrate the traditional Rodriguez family Christmas. A secret admirer of hers sends a fan mail stating that she should probably get a 24/7 bodyguard and that they were concerned. But her family on the other hand was concerned with her increasing popularity, she would end up with security guards to protect her from fans.
The pop star views the mail as a potential threat and comes up with a plan. She takes Matt to her town and pretends that he is her boyfriend. Her family seemed to be very happy that she was finally focusing on herself and allowing herself to fall in love. She had always put her career first, so, all of their family welcomes the security guard.
They try their best to manage their fake relationship but they spend most of their time disagreeing on things. Matt wants to protect her but she wants to do everything that she did growing up in her hometown during Christmas. After some time, he becomes close to her family and their fake relationship is more sincere.
The trailer of the movie was released on November 23, 2022, on a Friday on the official Hallmark Channel.
The movie is a part of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas. The trailer starts with the security guy, Matt wanting to be with Jaylen 24/7 for her protection but she does not have to bring him home for Christmas. They find a plan and go to her family home and get close over time.