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- ..THINGS ARE GLISTENING
- WE WISH YOU A MERRY KID-MAS
- EAT, DRINK, AND GO TO THERAPY
- RUDOLPH THE DERANGED DEER
- DO YOU WEAR WHAT I WEAR
- BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
- I SAW MOMMY $%**ING SANTA CLAUS
- KISS ME UNDER THE CAMELTOE
NORTH POLE DANCER As fireman-moonlighting-as-seasonal-exotic-dancer Ty Swindell, Justin Hartley (‘This Is Us’) confesses shaking his moneymaker doesn’t come naturally. “People are afraid of heights or public speaking, I’m afraid of dancing. Taking on this role was fun and so different for me as ‘This Is Us’ is on the serious side.” When the writers were asked if the idea was autobiographical Lucas said, “Well Scott and I have done a lot of Sexy Santa competitions. We’ve never middled or even placed, we’re usually dead last.” Baranski was a bit smitten with Justin, “He is so yummy and gifted. He obviously does a skilled sexy dance, but what really impressed me was how sweet he was.” Hines blushes, “Justin was really great. He was the only one dancing, and the only one taking his clothes off while everyone watches. But he was really good at what he did. No complaints here.” Even Todd who has worked with Hollywood’s most talented and handsome men gets tongue tied, “Justin Hartley is in this movie? Really? Is Justin Hartley naked in this movie? Oh wait, I think Justin Hartley is naked in this movie.” Hartley was honored and so excited to get the call to be involved with this film. “I just love the concept of this female led comedy about women and how mothers are so busy they literally don’t have any time to take care of themselves, and instead do everything for their kids and spouses. They are the center of the universe, and deserve every bit of recognition they get.” …..THINGS ARE GLISTENING Hartley’s first day of work on the set of A Bad Moms Christmas found him in hot wax (literally) opposite cosmetician Carla, played by Kathryn Hahn. Says Hartley, “There are days when you show up to work and you have to take your clothes off. I will probably never get the opportunity to do something this crazy again. Kathryn was so much fun to ad lib with. At one point they had to cool off the cameras because we were running and riffing too long.” Says Hahn, “Justin showed up on the set where everyone already has a short hand from the first movie and he just stole it. We really had a ball.” Kathyrn likes puns. 
WE WISH YOU A MERRY KID-MAS Actors Emjay Anthony and Oona Laurence return as Amy’s kids Dylan and Jane in A Bad Moms Christmas. Though Emjay and Oona themselves are too young to see the R-rated comedy, they had a great time on the set joining in on the humor with the crazy talented cast of moms and mom’s moms. Says Emjay, “I watch what the cast does. They keep adding funny things, and sometimes dirty things to each take. It’s hilarious every day.” Adds Laurence, “I’m intimidated to be among all these stars. It’s really cool. They are having the best time, and it feels like a dream.” Also returning to the franchise is Cade Cooksey as Jaxon, Carla’s son, and says his movie mom is the opposite of his real life mom. “Carla is so unpredictable. It’s hilarious but not very stable. It’s hard to not laugh during takes.” Ariana Greenblatt (Disney Channel’s “Stuck In the Middle”) joins the cast as Lori, daughter to Jessie. She enjoys hanging out with Oona and Emjay, “We have dinner together all the time, and it’s like they are my real brother and sister.” EAT, DRINK, AND GO TO THERAPY Wanda Sykes returns to the world of Bad Moms again as the impatient therapist Dr. Karl. This time in her chair seeking counseling is Kiki and her mother Sandy, as Dr. Karl tries to navigate and solve their all too familiar dysfunctional relationship with her own untraditional methods. Says Sykes, “Your mom is the closest person to you. But at the same time you always hurt the one who’s closest to you.” Dr. Karl is a unique therapist in her approach. Dr. Karl tells it like it is. Says Sykes, “Dr. Karl is gonna tell you what’s wrong with you, and then send you on your way. I don’t even know how she stays in business. She thinks Kiki and Sandy are bat shit crazy.” Sykes is clear on what it takes for moms to survive Christmas, “Lots of alcohol. Spike the egg nog.” RUDOLPH THE DERANGED DEER The filmmakers were surprised at how much the cast of A Bad Moms Christmas pushed the envelope of this R-rated comedy. “They would do anything,” says Moore. Continues Lucas, “Women in these kinds of R-rated comedies often are just standing there saying ‘tisk, tisk, tisk’ while the men are having all of the fun, and now these women have changed that.” Says Moore, “In our movies the guys are the ones saying the right things and making the right choices, and the girls can be the ones who say the horrible things and get to behave like animals. For our cast I have to believe it is kind of fun.” Moore and Lucas confess that it is always fun writing Carla. Says Moore “Just take everything you are not allowed to say everyday and write it down in CAPS.” Continues Lucas,” The best stuff is when our amazing moms and mom’s moms take it, tweak it, and make it organically their own. Certain actors love going by book, others like to improvise. It’s sort of like parenting, you are trying to give people what they need.” Says Moore, “I think at the end of the day women are as raunchy as men they just don’t express it as much. In Bad Moms the pink hoodie scene discussed in the bathroom was pitched by Suzanne Todd’s deranged mind, and not from our deranged minds.” Lucas and Moore give a shout out to their wives who they say read everything they write, and also their collaborator, producer Suzanne Todd, who on the set is a great sounding board for what works for the Bad Moms fans. Say Lucas, “There are a couple of big beats with a stripper in the film that we had an idea that we thought would be funny for the scene, then Suzanne said ‘actually let’s make him smoking hot.’ Suzanne said, ‘when he takes his shirt off, the audience wants the real deal.’” Laughs Todd, “Yes! Give us our moment. The audience shouldn’t be laughing they should be saying ‘oh yeah.’” Concludes Lucas, “The people who liked the first film want and expect a sort of R-rated comedy from this film too, and we are going to give it to them and then some.” DO YOU WEAR WHAT I WEAR Costume Designer, Julia Caston once again joins the Bad Moms team for A Bad Moms Christmas. Caston wanted to make Bad Moms Amy relatable to every woman and mom. “I used very simple lines and silhouettes on Amy, nothing to confuse the eye,” says Caston. On Kiki, Caston summed up Kiki’s style as outdated, disheveled, and last on her to-do list. “In the beginning of Bad Moms Kiki didn’t have any time for herself, but that changed. So in this movie I have given her a bit more style, rather than an uptight kind of mess. She’s very pink in this one, and also a whole lot of mint going on with her wardrobe palette.” Add Kristen Bell, “Kiki still loves a good wool sweater, but I am wearing a little more eye makeup in this movie thanks to Carla.” Dressing Carla continues to be a hoot. “She only wears heels, and always accessorizes,” says Caston. “Katherine Hahn is game for anything. We took her into a room where we pulled outfits we thought Carla would wear and went for it. Carla is that alter ego inside all of use that just wants to have fun and walk down the street and be like ‘look at me!’. Katherine Hahn loved the choices Caston gave her character, “Carla has a real sense of style that is individual and authentic. When something speaks to her, she’s just going to wear it. You can’t stop her.” Caston was surprised at how many random emails she received from Bad Moms fans all over the world after the release of the first film. Fans would say how they could relate to what each of the Bad Moms was wearing, and thanked Caston for her efforts. But what surprised her the most was that Carla’s outfits had their own fan base and she received suggestions and pointers and where to find more Carla-esque outfits. “Its really nice to hear that these individual characters looks ring true with different types of women from Israel to Alaska to Asia.” When Caston heard the casting of the mom’s mom of Baranski/Hines/Sarandon, she was super excited to create their individual onscreen looks. Says Caston, “For Isis/Susan Sarandon, I really wanted to give her a salt of the earth and gypsy traveler sort of feel. We repeat a lot of her clothes, and they are all very worn.” And leather, a lot of leather. Caston sourced pieces that reflected where Isis may have been. Morocco, Santa Fe, a circus, or maybe just on the road. Says Caston, “Isis is a little bohemia, a little hippie, a little rocker all rolled up into awesomeness.” As Caston and her team came up with a look for Sandy/Cheryl Hines, it was clear the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. “There is no way not to notice that Sandy and Kiki share a lack of fashion sense. Comfort and practicality wins over style. And that Kiki-faced sweatshirt that Sandy wears is the icing on the cake.” Caston collected old childhood photos from Kristen Bell’s real life mom to get the right shot to grace the front of the Kiki faced sweatshirt Sandy wears upon her arrival for Christmas. Christine Baranski as Ruth was a costume designer’s dream. “Ruth comes to Chicago by way of Palm Beach. When you first see her she is a bit icy, like the evil queen. Then she switches to an over the top red dress at an otherwise icy-blue Christmas party. You get the impression this perfectionist is dressed to the nines no matter what the occasion.” Ruth’s cashmere and coats confirm that she has only the finest taste in clothes. Baranski comments on her chic outfit, complete with fur collar, “I’m Christmas Barbie in this movie.” Dressing extras for Christmas in May and June could be tough for the tireless wardrobe department. But Caston, who has been called a hoarder, had over a hundred Christmas sweaters in her own possession along with dozens of pairs of Christmas pajamas. Says Caston, “We didn’t just stick to a red, green, and gold for the wardrobe in the film. Jon and Scott wanted things to feel more realistic and not box us in with the usual Christmas palette. This gave us a lot of freedom.” The character of Ruth also initiates a caroling outing with her family, in which all have to dress up in costume as Dickensian characters. Caston had fun creating for this scene from the choir’s red robes, to the chimney sweep costume all the way to a hunchback costume. In this caroling scene as various doors in the neighborhood are opened to the carolers, you may notice some familiar faces of filmmakers and crew making cameos including director Scott Moore and his real life wife and children, and also director of photography Mitchell Amundsen and his wife. Caston recalls having the pleasure of creating looks for the sexy Santa contest scene featuring eight male strippers, and specifically a costume for Ty Swindel, fireman by day, and stripper extraordinaire by night. Says Caston, “Each of the gorgeous men had a full Santa suit, complete with hat, boots, and a huge belt, along with a version of a hot sexy g-string or sexy underpants underneath. You walk the line in these type of costume fittings, you don’t want to be garish, but want to make it fun.” BABY IT’S COLD? OUTSIDE A Bad Moms Christmas takes place in Chicago in the heart of winter. So when the filmmakers thought where can we shoot a Christmas movie with tons of snow and heavy parkas? What better place than Atlanta in the late Spring/Summer! Atlanta was home to A Bad Moms Christmas. Production began in early May 2017 and for two months the cast and crew parked themselves in interiors and exteriors all over the city. There was no stage work in the film. Only real locations were used. The interior of Amy’s house was on Mell Avenue, and the exterior of Amy’s house on McClendon Avenue, both in the charming and friendly Atlanta suburb of Candler Park. Says Baranski about enduring the heat in her winter wardrobe, “We were filming a scene on a front lawn in Candler Park that was decked out in fake snow, and I was in fur and woolen gloves pretending that it’s cold. It was hilarious.” Kiki’s house took the cast and crew to Decatur, Georgia where Heatherwood Drive neighbors welcomed the production with open arms. Meehan’s Irish Bar in downtown Atlanta became bustling during daylight hours on a weekend and doubled for the Strip Club scene. The beautiful historic All Saints Episcopal Church, built in 1901, in midtown Atlanta became the back drop as we approached the end of the film when all three mom’s moms gathered in the pews to reflect bluntly on their relationships with their daughters. Sky Zone in Newnan, Georgia was closed for three days to the public as A Bad Moms Christmas cast and crew and a few hundred extras took over the trampolines and played dodge ball to film a key sequence. The entire cast worked in these scenes, and enjoyed getting physical with one another with somersaults and pugil sticks. Jon Lucas warns about the perils of trampoline parks, “Don’t do flips, by the way, if you are over the age of like fourteen, you can’t do a flip. You’re going to die. But those places are really fun, and it’s fun to see grown ups who are all very professional instantly turn into children again the minute they walk through the door.” Harry Brooks Drive in Adams Crossing, Georgia became the exterior of Amy’s street, complete with twelve house exteriors all decorated to the tee as a snowy Christmas. This is the set location where Amy and her family venture out to go caroling at Ruth’s urging. In this very friendly neighborhood, local neighborhood moms enjoyed cocktails and wine in the streets during filming in the Bad Moms spirit, as their kids held up signs for the cast and crew that said “Merry Xmas Bad Moms.” Carla’s house interior and exterior was shot in Smyrna, Georgia on Lake Court SE as Susan Sarandon as Isis pulls up in a semi to visit her daughter, Carla for the holidays. Ty Swindel gets an intimate waxing from Carla inside the fictitious Okole Spa, which in reality was the posh Mandarin Oriental Spa in Buckhead, who graciously welcomed in the cast and crew after hours to shoot. Habitat For Humanity Restore in Reynoldstown became the grocery store where Carla and Isis renew their bond, and Oglethorpe University set the stage for the PTA scene where our three moms make gingerbread houses. I SAW MOMMY $%#*&*ING SANTA CLAUS In the mall sequence in the film, our three original moms have a tad too much to drink at the food court and decide to take back Christmas. This sequence took three nights to shoot and shot at three different malls in Atlanta, first at Phipps Plaza, then at Lenox Mall, and finishing up at Cumberland Mall. Phipps Plaza Mall was chosen for its beautiful grand veranda and winding staircase. Production Designer Marcia Hinds worked with the team at Phipps and borrowed a few of their internal 30 foot to 40 foot Christmas trees. The 40 foot Christmas tree was the largest artificial Christmas tree used in the film. Storefronts and store windows at the high end Phipps Plaza Mall were decorated with Christmas décor as the Mall continued to stay open to the public. Many patrons passing by were confused as to why this portion of the Phipps Mall was decked out for Christmas. But they went with the flow, many of them taking photos with one another in front of the large decorated trees to be used as their upcoming Christmas card. Also shot in the wee hours of the night at Phipps Plaza was the Santa Lap dance with Amy, Kiki and Carla getting untraditional on Santa’s lap. Says Kristen Bell, “We shot this scene at two in the morning and it was the the last shot after a really long work day. Mila, Kathryn, and I were all wondering if we were crossing the line as we got our freak on, but honestly I don’t think this is the first time Santa had a lap dance.” After Phipps Plaza Mall, the crew moved to shoot at Lenox Mall. Lenox gave production the support of Williams-Sonoma where the threesome spikes the cider samples, and also Lady Foot Locker, from where the ladies “borrow” a silver Christmas tree laden with footwear ornaments that becomes Amy’s tree at home. Cumberland Mall was all about shooting the Food Court after hours, where the indulgence of the three ladies is what gets them into trouble in the first place. More than a thousand extras, described as everything from shoppers to elf helpers, were used over the course of the three days of shooting the Mall sequence. All extras came to work wearing their winter wardrobe, and then production topped it off with some hats, scarves, and shopping bags accessories. KISS ME UNDER THE CAMELTOE Hinds was thrilled to get the call to continue her collaboration with Jon Lucas and Scott Moore on A Bad Moms Christmas after the wild ride they shared on Bad Moms. Shooting a Christmas movie set in Chicago, but actually filming in Atlanta in the spring and summer would have its challenges. The art department work trucks on set were spewing with stockings, ornaments, Christmas lights, shopping bags, wreaths, wrapped presents, and garland. Everything you needed to celebrate Christmas right then and there. At Amy’s house interior, Hinds created three different looks for Christmas, redressing the set inside this practical house location several times in the middle of production shooting. The first being Amy’s vision for Christmas before her mom, Ruth, arrives, the second being Ruth’s vision of Christmas, and the third being the mixture of the mom and daughter décor. Says Hinds, “Amy’s Christmas palette is warm, and green, and natural while her mothers is a blanket of frozen, silver, chilly, blue sparkle, and whites that is completely over the top. And then when they do Christmas together it is a little more natural and homemade. Ruth of course thinks her décor is elegant, and even comments that her Christmas tree is from Paris.” Ruth’s version of a full blown Christmas party was decorated by Hinds and her team, including Set Decorator Kristie Thompson, down to the smallest of details. Champagne and champagne fountains mixed with passed hors d’oeuvres and swag bags by waiters in tuxedos. Ice sculptures glistened in the blue lights with white chiffon drapery and peacock feathers, surrounding a sushi chef. Says Kristen Bell, “In my real life we decorate our house for Christmas from toes to tits. I think I get that from my mother who keeps her Christmas tree up all year round. That’s not a joke.” The art department office had a craft room which any chef would envy where they handmade the authentic-looking family Christmas decorations. Says Thompson, “Kiki’s house in the film is all about handmade crafty things. We had a team of people that made little Xmas tree ornaments for a week, day and night, out of popsicle sticks, pipe cleaner, and construction paper, and all the things kids would use. Kiki loved plaid, so needless to say her Christmas tree decorations reflected that too.” 
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