{"id":2144370,"date":"2025-11-09T11:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T11:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2144370"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T11:44:04","slug":"i-was-like-sign-me-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-was-like-sign-me-up\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Was Like, Sign Me Up!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"s1\">Those of you who know and love Eden Sher from her star turn as the indefatigably optimistic Sue Heck on ABC\u2019s long-running <em>The Middle<\/em> will thoroughly enjoy seeing a little bit of that iconic character in her new role in Hallmark Channel\u2019s <em>A Keller Christmas Vacation<\/em> (premiering Sunday at 8\/7c). The actress couldn\u2019t help but imbue her performance with with a smidgen of Sue, she tells Soaps.com. \u201cSo much of me <em>is<\/em> her. So viewers are going to see some Sue-isms because they\u2019re also Eden-isms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYou can\u2019t escape that,\u201d she adds. \u201cIt\u2019s just who I am.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Soaps.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><span class=\"s1\">Her New Character Kinda Invited Her to \u2018Sue Me\u2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"s1\">At first, Sher fought the impulse to allow any of her old character to seep into her new one: Emery Keller, whose holiday river cruise with her siblings (Brandon Routh and Jonathan Bennett) turns out to be a gift she should\u2019ve been more excited to unwrap. Eventually, though, \u201cI let go of trying to make it as <em>not<\/em> Sue Heck as possible. Once I did, I was just able to have fun with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Siblings Dylan, Cal, and Emory are at a crossroads in their lives and have drifted apart. To help, their parents plan a family Christmas river cruise visiting Germany and Austria. Photo: Brandon Routh, Eden Sher, Jonathan Bennett Credit: \u00a92025 Hallmark Media\/Photographer: Adriana Yankulova<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"s1\">To be clear, Emery is a character unto herself. \u201cShe\u2019s little more mature,\u201d Sher says. \u201cEmery\u2019s got a fun romantic storyline, and she\u2019s kind of anxious, which is a little more Eden [than Sue].\u201d Emery is also an endearing goof, which gave her portrayer a chance to indulge in some physical comedy. Sher\u2019s not exaggerating, either, when she exclaims that \u201cI look so dang cute in this movie \u2014 my wardrobe, my hair, my everything.\u201d (She\u2019s not kidding; see above.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><span class=\"s1\">Sher Also Has a Dark Side\u2026 a Hilarious Dark Side<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"s1\">Over the course of this interview, in which Sher makes it clear that she is every bit as delightful as any character she\u2019s ever played, talk turns to her cameo in a reading of TVLine founder <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/un-freakin-believable-decades-old-080029578.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Ausiello\u2019s Beverly Hills;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Michael Ausiello\u2019s <em>Beverly Hills<\/em><\/a>, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beverlyhillsfanclub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:soap opera that he wrote 500+ episodes of;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">soap opera that he wrote 500+ episodes of<\/a> in his tweens. Sher was called on stage to sub in for the estimable Patty Guggenheim as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/beverly-hills-fans-demand-joan-dupr%C3%A9-be-un-killed?source_location=search\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the show\u2019s villainess, Joan Dupre;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the show\u2019s villainess, Joan Dupre<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen he told me what the role was going to be, I was like, \u2018Sign me up yesterday,\u2019 because that is the other side of me: the very dramatic, very big, very evil side,\u201d Sher says. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"562\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/MjQQALPuHhoqjlHu.BBEvQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU2MjtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/soaps_732\/e680e9108b81c796fcdd82b229f51548\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"s1\">Though she anything <em>but<\/em> radiates wickedness, she suspects that that\u2019s what makes it so funny on the rare occasions when she gets to go dark. \u201cI do not have an nasty bone in my body. But I <em>love<\/em> it,\u201d she admits. \u201cAnd so playing it, doing it evil but goofy, I think it\u2019s always a winning combination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"s1\">Agreed. In fact, Sher had such a blast playing the murderous Joan that she told Ausiello that she\u2019d do it again in a heartbeat. \u201cI think he thought it was a favor [I was doing him],\u201d she says. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018This was so much fun. I will do this again in one second.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Get the lowdown on what\u2019s up with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soaps.sheknows.com\/gallery\/hallmark-channel-christmas-movie-schedule-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hallmark\u2019s Countdown to Christmas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hallmark\u2019s Countdown to Christmas<\/a> in the below photo gallery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of you who know and love Eden Sher from her star turn as the indefatigably optimistic Sue Heck on ABC\u2019s long-running The Middle will thoroughly enjoy seeing a little bit of that iconic character in her new role in Hallmark Channel\u2019s A Keller Christmas Vacation (premiering Sunday at 8\/7c). 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