Andie MacDowell, an American actress, attended Hallmark’s The Way Home event where she sat down for an interview with People.
Playing the role of Del Landry on the show, she revealed her thoughts on the showrunners introducing a younger version of the character, played by 26 year old Julia Tomasone.
The actress claimed Tomasone "does a really good job" of portraying Landry, but admitted that she had been “terrified” by the intricate details added to her characterization.
"It scared me, because it's my development. My character is going back in time and saying, 'Oh, by the way, this is what happened to you.' And I had no knowledge of it,” she explained.
Adding that she had made a few suggestions to the writing, because the script had made the character seem “spoiled”.
"And she has to say something about the farm. Because to me, that was my character,” the Maid star stated.
She was ultimately relieved when the changes were made, "I was terrified of some of that stuff that happened. [The] writers had full control of like my history, but I'm connected to who I feel I am, right? So I did have to say something about that and I did say it's your choice, but [these are] really strong feelings that I'm having here."
Even though The Way Home airs on the Hallmark Channel on Fridays, the episodes become available to stream on Peacock and Hallmark+ the next day.