Melissa Joan Hart and Mario Lopez will star in the ABC Family original movie "Holidays in Handcuffs." Hart will play Trudie, a would-be painter stuck working as a waitress. After blowing an interview at a "real" job — disappointing her parents yet again — and getting dumped by her boyfriend, Trudie suffers a nervous breakdown. Stressed with having to go home alone for the holidays, she kidnaps a customer, Clay Martin (Lopez), whom she plans to bring home for Christmas and introduce him to the family as "the One." "Holidays" is set to begin principal photography this month in Calgary. Ron Underwood ("City Slickers") is directing. It is scheduled to air in December as part of ABC Family’s annual "25 Days of Christmas" programing event.
Variety
That is some really weird casting, but as cheesy as it sounds you know we all be watching.
