He put the work in.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Because of timing, Christmas movies are almost never shot at Christmastime.
We filmed in March.
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Ive literally now been looking forward to Christmas for way too long.
And then you just embrace it.
There arent many opportunities in life where you get to dress up as Santa and get paid for it.
He was showing all the cast: Is my Santa laugh okay?
How is the deep voice?
He put a lot of work into his Santa impression, I was very impressed.
In essence, youre playing versions of Cinderella and her prince.
And [its] a musical!
With that comes great responsibility, but also a huge fan base.
We recorded the music before filming so we could have something to lip-sync to and record to.
Overall I was loving the music.
Im a huge Christmas fan, huge Christmas music fan.
All the songs we were just singing nonstop through shooting.
You two also have a great duet that you do in costume as elf and Santa.
There were many hours preparing and rehearsing.
I didnt know I actually could.
But of course, theres a massive team that helps you.
Laura was the most incredible, supporting me the whole time.MARANO:Gregg flipping rocked it.
Santa Brought Me to You is one of my favorite numbers in the film.
We filmed it over two days.
We were freezing cold, and at one point I broke a snow globe.
So it was hectic.
I was very thankful that everyone was laughing and thought it was hilarious, because I was mortified.
We had to do each vignette in one take.
Its one shot, so there was no editing around each part of the vignette.
And so for that particular one, the choreography completely changed.
I think that was our best take.
Thats something I havent seen before in a Cinderella retelling.
I feel like thats what separates our version from the others.
Laura, you have both this adorable elf costume and then some amazing ballgowns.
Everyone loved it, but it was just really complicated to go to the restroom in.
Even to walk around, it was very tough and challenging.
Shed come in with four people carrying her dress, struggling to get up the stairs.
Im not even sure how I did it.
The dress had its own personality.
That was the moment where my dreams were crushed.
Christmas really is a very special time of the year, or holidays in general.
Its a time families come together.
I guess the perfect Christmas is all about feeling good and feeling happy.
