Chad Michael Murray is baring it all in more ways than one ahead of his new Netflix film 'The Merry Gentlemen.' The 'One Tree Hill' alum stars in the Netflix holiday romcom alongside Britt Robertson, which follows a former big city dancer who travels home for the holidays and saves her parents' small town performing venue from shutting down by staging an all-male Christmas-themed revue. The stars sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to talk all about their new film and Chad even dishes on 'Freakier Friday' and possibly joining the 'One Tree Hill' reboot.
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00:00Did I peek at Magic Mike? 100%. Totally. And I saw what Channing is capable of doing,
00:05so yeah, okay, that's never going to happen."
00:07Chad Michael Murray is burying it all in more ways than one ahead of his new Netflix film,
00:12The Merry Gentleman. The One Tree Hill alum stars in the Netflix holiday rom-com alongside Britt
00:17Robertson, which follows a former big city dancer who travels home for the holidays and saves her
00:22parents' small-town performing venue from shutting down by staging an all-male, Christmas-themed
00:27revue. As one can imagine, the film is filled with romance, holiday magic, and lots of shirtless
00:33Chad Michael Murray serving major Magic Mike energy.
00:36There's been a lot of comparisons to Magic Mike.
00:40I was scared senseless and no experience. I'm more of a wedding dancer and around the house
00:47kind of guy. So I just, I dove in. That was a big part of it for me. It's just getting there
00:51every day and doing three, four sessions a week, six hours a day, just getting it and learning,
00:56learning the different styles. It must have been exhausting.
01:00I loved every minute of it. Really?
01:01I did. I truly did. This was some of the most fun I've ever had making a movie.
01:04Was there anything that you're like, I absolutely can't do this, so someone needs to help me?
01:08Weirdly, they thought that I wasn't going to be able to tap dance.
01:11Yes. They had this woman who was going to be Peyton. She was going to double me in the whole
01:16thing. Really?
01:16Yes. And I was like, guys, I can do it. Just give me time. And I learned it. So I felt,
01:23you know, I really stuck it to them.
01:24I went to a movement coach and we started working on different styles. You know,
01:29I mean, you've got country, western, jazz, hip hop, stomp, and they all have different movements,
01:33you know, and it lives differently in your body. Did I peek at Magic Mike? 100%.
01:38Totally. And I saw what Channing is capable of doing. I said, yeah, okay, that's never going
01:42to happen. That's just to watch. Are there any moves that you kind of
01:44just bust out at home now because you're like, I got this?
01:47I live in a pretty goofy household. So there's probably not a lot of time that goes by where
01:52we're not doing something absolutely ridiculous with our body.
01:56A body roll.
01:57Yeah, we do a lot of body roll. A lot of body roll. But yeah, I mean, I would sit there and,
02:02you know, go over the steps with the message and, you know, we'll just leave it at that.
02:06The new film isn't the only place fans can catch a glimpse of shirtless Chad.
02:10The star also posed for a new sexy Christmas calendar tied to the film's release.
02:15But he says it's all for a good cause, with proceeds going to St. Jude's.
02:19Can we talk about the holiday calendar that we have outside?
02:23What are we doing that we're not talking about?
02:25We're going to raise a lot of money for charity. That's what we're going to do.
02:27A hundred percent. How much convincing did it take you to be a part of that? Because that's
02:31been a big hit outside, I got to say. This is what I'm saying. I'm like,
02:34no one could convince me to do anything like this. And he was like, oh, yeah, it's for charity.
02:39Like, this is so great. What a great idea.
02:41We try to do something, whether it's a jersey campaign or,
02:45you know, autograph this or whatever. And this year,
02:48this goofy fun calendar, my way of saying Merry Christmas.
02:55A very Merry Christmas indeed. Elsewhere, the star is having a renaissance of sorts.
03:00And next up, Freaky Friday 2, which reunites Murray with stars Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
03:06What was it like kind of stepping back on that set and reuniting with Lindsay
03:09Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis? It was so cool to get to meet,
03:13you know, Lindsay's baby and her husband and to just reconnect after all those years
03:18and see how much everyone's grown and changed and adapted. And like Lindsay's work is incredible
03:24in the film. Literally, I sat down with the kids because I wanted them to know what I was working
03:28on. So we sat down and watched the first one together right before I went to work.
03:31And I'm sitting there going, she's so, so talented.
03:34Mind-blowing. Like, not not easy to do.
03:37And speaking of big reunions, the star also touched on if he'll reunite with his former
03:41One Tree Hill co-stars for the upcoming OTH reboot.
03:45I have to ask because I am such a massive One Tree Hill fan. I mean, who isn't?
03:49There's the reboot happening. Have you had discussions about it at all?
03:53Or is that something that you'd like to do?
03:56No, I haven't had any discussions. That's the answer. No, at the moment.
04:00I've made some calls, though.
04:02She's on it. She's on it.
04:03I'll let you know.
04:04Whatever iteration of this show that comes, I just want it for the fan base.
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