'Jingle Bell Heist' Star Olivia Holt Is Aware That Her Last 3 Movies Have All Been Holiday-Themed

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00:00I'm so excited to talk about Jingle Bell Heist.

00:02This movie is full of holiday hijinks.

00:05I read that you watched some Christmas classics like The Holiday

00:08to kind of get in the spirit for it, as well as Ocean's Eleven to prepare.

00:13How would you pitch this movie, I guess, to people scrolling through Netflix,

00:17deciding what to watch?

00:18Sure, I mean, the two movies that you just named are big references

00:22that I would say that sort of helped us get into the zone and tone of the movie.

00:26But honestly, like, it's such a mashup of genres

00:30that it just is a real standout and unique in its own way.

00:34And if you want a rom-com, we got you.

00:37If you want a holiday movie, we got you.

00:39If you want an action heist movie, we got you.

00:42And so the film opens with Sophia and Nick just ahead of their Christmas Eve heist

00:46and slowly but surely unravels to reveal that their motives are rather pure

00:51and that both of them were wronged by Maxwell Sterling, the head of the department store.

00:55And so did this mean that you kind of worked backwards in terms of filming?

00:59Yeah, oh, we were all over the place.

01:02There was no chronological order of shooting, which is normally the case,

01:07which actually made it really fun because every day was so different.

01:10Some days it felt like we were just fully in rom-com land,

01:12and then other days it felt like we were in a full-on action movie,

01:16like strapped to, like, harnesses and doing stunt work.

01:18But, yeah, I mean, we were all over the place.

01:22But honestly, like, the most exciting part was that we were filming in London at Christmastime,

01:29and this movie is set in London at Christmastime,

01:32so it just sort of felt like this continuous movie-making experience.

01:37There's no point in both of us risking everything.

01:41I'm the one with the record.

01:43And I'm the one that can crack the safe.

01:46We're partners.

01:48Because, you know, most of the time when you're making either a Christmas movie or a summer movie,

01:52the actual, like, seasons are reversed in real life,

01:55or you're, yeah, it's just so, that part was really fun and exciting.

01:58And you've made movies in the past about Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and now Christmas.

02:04Which holiday is up next for you?

02:05I can't help it, okay?

02:07I don't know what my deal is.

02:08I just love holidays.

02:10I don't know.

02:12I feel like I've literally done every holiday movie.

02:15I don't know.

02:15Maybe a New Year's one would be fun.

02:18I just love holidays, so can't keep me away from them.

02:22I love it.

02:23Kind of off of that theme,

02:24and you've also really established yourself in the horror genre, I would say,

02:28starring in films like Totally Killer and Heart Eyes and the upcoming thriller This Is Not a Test.

02:34Is this where you hope to stay going forward?

02:36Did working on a Christmas movie kind of feel out of your comfort zone?

02:39I love Christmas movies.

02:41I've been a sucker of them for a long time and rom-coms,

02:44and I was so excited to work on this movie in particular

02:49because of how interesting and unique the script is

02:52and how beautiful the characters are and how complex they are,

02:56and I think that's what I'm most naturally gravitating towards

03:02whenever I choose a project to work on.

03:05I want to be a part of great storytelling and great characters,

03:10and even with this theme of holidays that I've been making holiday movies

03:16or this theme of characters that are sort of in the same realm,

03:20I always feel like I gravitate more towards the characters first and the storytelling.

03:25And you and Connor Swindell's established such great chemistry throughout this film.

03:30What was it like getting to work with him?

03:32The best.

03:33Connor is so talented and so fun and just really good people,

03:38and I had so much fun working with him,

03:41and when he jumped on board to make this movie with us,

03:44I was like, we're good.

03:46There's a no-brainer that we're going to make a great movie,

03:49and working with him is an honor, really.

03:53And I'd love to shift gears a little bit

03:55because the news of the third season of Cruel Summer being in development,

03:59which I'm so excited about,

04:01outside of reprising your role as Kate from season one,

04:05and you would be an executive producer.

04:07Can you take me through some of the conversations you had,

04:10I guess, ahead of this development

04:12and what it was like getting this potentially and hopefully off the ground?

04:16Who knew that this was going to happen?

04:18I mean, it was a surprise to me.

04:19I obviously really loved working on the first season,

04:23and this character means so much to me.

04:26So to be able to come back and make a third season

04:29and to reprise the role of Kate Wallace

04:30and to also step into the world of executive producing

04:35is going to be the most thrilling experience of my career, I think.

04:40And it's a lot of firsts for me,

04:42so some of it is very foreign territory.

04:44So the challenge of stepping into this new role

04:48is, as an actor, very exciting

04:51because you get a little bit more creative liberation and control

04:55as far as where the story is going

04:57and what your character is thinking, feeling, saying, all the things.

05:00And as an actor, you really just get the script

05:03and you get to breathe life into this character,

05:05but there's so many cooks in the kitchen who are telling you,

05:08yeah, but what about this? What about this?

05:10And this opportunity is just going to be a very different experience for me.

05:16And we're still very early in the pre-production,

05:18so I can't say too much about what we're doing,

05:22but I think people are really going to love it.

05:24And, yeah, we'll see. It'll be a wild ride.

05:26And I grew up watching you on Kicking It

05:29and in movies like Girl vs. Monster, my friends and I,

05:31actually re-watched it on Halloween.

05:33I have to tell you, we did like a Disney throwback.

05:35Wow. We had to.

05:37And you've obviously pivoted to projects for older audiences

05:41and have had an incredible career that you've launched.

05:44I guess, what was the turning point for you

05:46when you knew you wanted to take on different roles

05:48and maybe more mature projects?

05:49I think with time.

05:50I was so young when I started on those shows

05:55and I really didn't understand the gravity of what I was doing.

05:58I just was a kid having fun with, like, a bunch of my pals.

06:01And as I got older, I think I really started to understand

06:05what this industry is.

06:06And it is, at the end of the day, a job.

06:09But to have fun and, like, it was like my playground.

06:13I got to not only just enjoy the people I was working with,

06:16but I was just soaking up so much knowledge every single day

06:20because you're working with an entire crew of people

06:22who have a different job than you do.

06:24So I think just as time went on and as I got older,

06:27I started to realize the things that I wanted to explore more further into.

06:32And, yeah, I think about, like, I don't know, even, like, 10 years ago,

06:38like, what I wanted to be doing with my career.

06:41And it's so different than what it looks like now.

06:43And I think that's just the evolution of growing not only as an artist

06:47but as a human.

06:48So the projects that I've chosen in the last couple of years

06:51is just all just me growing with time.

06:54Other fan theories and, I guess, ideas online are that on TikTok,

06:58a lot of people are really excited or interested in the idea

07:01of fan casting you and Madeline Klein as sisters.

07:05Oh, I'm into that.

07:06Yeah, I was going to say, how would you feel about this?

07:09There's been a lot of talk on TikTok.

07:11How would you feel? Have you seen any of this online?

07:13I haven't seen any of this, no.

07:14But I think she's so beautiful and so talented,

07:16and I would love to work with her.

07:18I love that.

07:19We'll manifest it.

07:21Let's manifest it. Put it out in the world.

07:22And in the spirit of Jingle Bell Heist,

07:25a Christmas movie on Netflix,

07:26what is your favorite Christmas movie?

07:30Oh, there's so many that I love.

07:34I mean, the list starts probably with The Grinch.

07:37It's classic.

07:39I also really love The Holiday.

07:41You know what?

07:42Deep cut that nobody talks about

07:44that I think people need to talk about

07:45is Christmas with the Cranks.

07:47Very true.

07:48Have you seen it?

07:49Do you know which one I'm talking about?

07:50Yes.

07:50No one talks about it.

07:52And I think it's wonderful.

07:54I think it's such a fun Christmas movie.

07:56But I don't know.

07:56I'm like, I just, I watch all of them.

07:59I love it.

08:00Yeah.

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