Hallmark Alums Tease Reunion in ‘When Hope Calls’ Season 2 & Possible Kiss

Cindy Busby and Christopher Russell are no strangers to sharing some on-screen sparks, and they’ll be bringing their fan-favorite chemistry to Great American Family. The former Hallmark co-stars will reunite in the upcoming When Hope Calls Season 2 on GAF after starring in four films together.

Russell revealed to fans at Christmas Con 2024 in Edison, New Jersey that he believes he was cast in the show without the producers being aware of his history with Busby. “Yeah, I don’t know if any of you were aware that Cindy and I have worked together before,” Russell said to the crowd. “We’ve done four movies together. And then when — I’ll just tell my side of it — when I was offered the role of the new Mountie in town, I think I was accidentally BCC’d on an email chain and shouldn’t have been. And I saw that Cindy Busby was also going to be a part of the show. And that was it. I was like, ‘You’d better get me on that.'”