{"id":241673,"date":"2026-05-22T03:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/rachael-leigh-cook-resisted-working-for-hallmark-channel-at-first-but-explains-why-it-was-the-perfect-career-move\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:33:47","slug":"rachael-leigh-cook-resisted-working-for-hallmark-channel-at-first-but-explains-why-it-was-the-perfect-career-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/rachael-leigh-cook-resisted-working-for-hallmark-channel-at-first-but-explains-why-it-was-the-perfect-career-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachael Leigh Cook Resisted Working for Hallmark Channel at First, But Explains Why It Was the Perfect Career Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2216438\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/rachael-leigh-cook\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Rachael Leigh Cook<\/strong><\/a> has been starring in Hallmark Channel movies for nearly 10 years now and she\u2019s explaining why she initially resisted working with the network.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, <strong>Rachael<\/strong> has starred in nearly a dozen movies for Hallmark, working alongside leading men like <strong>Luke Macfarlane<\/strong>, <strong>Brendan Penny<\/strong>, and <strong>Niall Matter<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We&#039;re Smitten w\/ Rachael Leigh Cook\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rKeCMWOYO2I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachael <\/strong>appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ILYSMpod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Love You So Much Podcast ILYSM<\/a> and talked about how Hallmark played into the fears she had about herself, which connected to a disagreement she had with ex-husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/daniel-gillies\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Daniel Gillies<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>One disagreement <strong>Daniel<\/strong>, my ex-husband, and I always had was, he was like, \u201cYou can\u2019t handle challenging content.\u201d And I was like, \u201cThat\u2019s not true.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>That was 100% true, <strong>Daniel<\/strong>. You win. I\u2019m still upset about this movie I saw that\u2019s about a Japanese little boy who drowns in a bathrub. Like, I can still think about it and cry. I cannot handle challenging content. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Rachael<\/strong> then opened up about how this played into her thoughts on Hallmark.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>So, my resistance to working for the Hallmark Channel was that I thought it was like, a little bit too soft. Like, it was sort of playing into my fears that I had about myself. And then I was just like, \u201cNah, screw it. This is who I am. I\u2019m a huge cornball and I love love.\u201d And so I went and I worked for them, and they\u2019re so supportive of women and of their actors, and they\u2019re honestly just doing so much that they don\u2019t, like, handcuff you to the words and the punctuation [in scripts] and all of this stuff. They really give you a lot of creative freedom. So that was really empowering. So that sort of set me on a journey of, you know, wanting to tell stories. And I\u2019ve always been so earnestly enthusiastic about the romantic comedy genre. I drink that Kool-Aid all day. I make it in my kitchen. It\u2019s in my veins.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the same interview, <strong>Rachael<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/20\/rachael-leigh-cook-explains-why-marriage-with-daniel-gillies-ended-reveals-what-shes-learned-after-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained what went wrong in her marriage<\/a> with <strong>Daniel<\/strong> and why they ended things. <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/hallmark-channel\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hallmark Channel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/rachael-leigh-cook\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rachael Leigh Cook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/05\/21\/rachael-leigh-cook-resisted-working-for-hallmark-channel-at-first-but-explains-why-it-was-the-perfect-career-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Rachael Leigh Cook has been starring in Hallmark Channel movies for nearly 10 years now and she\u2019s explaining why she initially resisted working with the network. Over the years, Rachael has starred in nearly a dozen movies for Hallmark, working alongside leading men like Luke Macfarlane, Brendan Penny, and Niall Matter. 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