“When Call Heart” guest Melissa Gilbert annoys romance with Jack Wagner – entertainment weekly news

Only 12 seasons are taken, but Melissa Gilbert finally comes to the Hope Valley. The actress and Prairie Icon makes his first appearance in Hallmark Channel’s hit series When he calls the heart – developed and executed, produced by Michael Landon, Jr. – in the episode aired Saturday, February 8th.

Landon Jr., son of Small house Star/writer/director Michael Landon, the first Gilbert of Heart Guest spot last year when the two appeared together in a Prairie 50 -year -old event. This conversation led to the upcoming bilingual arc of the actress, which begins the sixth episode of Season 12, entitled “When Autumn Leaves begin to fall.”

“I play Georgi McGille and it is a forensic accounting accounting accounting accounting accounting accounting accounting accounting accounting offices of accounting officer,” Gilbert tells Gilbert Entertainment weeklyS “I work in a case and this case leads me to Hope Valley, where I cross the paths with Bill Avery, played by Jack Wagner. You realized we have a story together. We went to school together. This is revealed gradually ending the first episode where I had a rather intense in love with him and suggested that he didn’t even know that I existed – but the feeling it was mutually. The point now is that we will fall in love with this investigation? Will we have romance? It will be fun to see how it unfolds. ”

Although she has signed for two episodes, Gilbert-which is also co-founder of the Modern Prairie Lifestyle brand-says she is very open to return to When he calls the heart Should Landon Jr. call again. “I would be glad to see what was happening to Bill and George ahead because he was left as a romantic rock-ul-they, isn’t it? Says Gilbert, who the second episode emits later this season.” I also think it really is great to portray the beginning of a romantic relationship with two people our age. Just because you are over 60 doesn’t mean you’re dead. ”

Later, the romance in life is also the topic of Gilbert’s current work, starring Off Broadway Still past Desperate hosts– Mark Moses. The couple plays Helen and Mark, former lovers who impede their relationship after 30 years from each other. The role requires Gilbert to strip it … well no AllBut definitely more skin than it is used to.

“I continue to say, ‘Why didn’t I get to a bra in a bra and pants when I was 20, 30, 40, even 50? “Now, at 60? “It took me a minute to find the courage to do it actually. I undressed my bra and panties for the first time only with women in the rehearsal room, and then gradually dropped more and more people. And now I’m running behind the scenes In my bra and my bikini in front of everyone.

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Now that she has long gone the initial discomfort, Gilbert says she loves “the depiction of this juicy, sexy, passionate, physical relationship between two people over 60 years. So far [gotten] To do this against Mark Moses and Jack Wagner – and I go to my husband Timothy Busfield, who is the biggest love of my life, “adds with a smile.” My life is good right now. ”

When he calls the heart Airs on Saturday, February 8, at 10:00 pm/PT of Hallmark Channel.