{"id":16845,"date":"2022-11-13T00:16:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T00:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/greys-costars-sarah-drew-and-justin-bruening-talk-reindeer-games-homecoming-reunion\/"},"modified":"2022-11-13T00:16:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T00:16:40","slug":"greys-costars-sarah-drew-and-justin-bruening-talk-reindeer-games-homecoming-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/greys-costars-sarah-drew-and-justin-bruening-talk-reindeer-games-homecoming-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Grey\u2019s\u2019 Costars Sarah Drew and Justin Bruening Talk \u2018Reindeer Games Homecoming\u2019 Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Anyone who shipped April Kepner and Matthew Taylor on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/greys-anatomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/a><\/em> can see the identical actors fall in love over again within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/network\/lifetime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lifetime<\/a> film <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/reindeer-games-homecoming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reindeer Games Homecoming<\/a><\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/sarah-drew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Drew<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/justin-bruening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Bruening<\/a> lead the solid of the vacation rom-com, which airs tonight, Saturday, November 12, at 8\/7c.<\/p>\n<p>In<em>Reindeer Games Homecoming<\/em>, Drew performs MacKenzie Graves, a biology instructor who finally ends up competing towards Bruening\u2019s Chase Weston, a Hollywood star who occurs to be her high-school crush, in her hometown\u2019s annual Reindeer Games fundraiser. \u201cAs the competition heats up, so does the spark between Mac and Chase, and Chase soon finds himself eager to not only win the games, but also win her heart as well,\u201d Lifetime provides in a synopsis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet the solid of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/reindeergameshomecoming?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#reindeergameshomecoming<\/a> ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37yRhNrFfy\">pic.twitter.com\/37yRhNrFfy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Drew (@sarahdrew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahdrew\/status\/1590373607477334016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Drew, who wrote <em>Reindeer Games Homecoming<\/em>, didn\u2019t initially suppose to reunite with Breuning onscreen within the yuletide romance. \u201cActually, I was writing it with some other people in mind after having just worked with a group of people that I wanted to work with again,\u201d she advised <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/sarah-drew-justin-bruening-reunite-christmas-movie-reindeer-games-homecoming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, basically they all said no,\u201d quipped Bruening.<\/p>\n<p>Drew continued: \u201cI mean, I love working with you, Justin. But you know, also want to work with other people, too. But when his name was brought up, I was like, \u2018Oh my gosh, this is so perfect. Yes.\u2019 I just can\u2019t quit you, Justin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bruening recurred on <em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> within the ABC medical drama\u2019s ninth and tenth season \u2014 halfway by way of Drew\u2019s seven-season stint as a sequence common \u2014 as Matthew, a paramedic with whom April falls in love. However \u2014 years-old spoiler alert \u2014 April left Matthew on the altar after Jackson made a last-minute declaration of affection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_935624\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-935624\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-935624 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greys-anatomy-april-matthew-853x570.jpg\" alt=\"JUSTIN BRUENING, SARAH DREW\" width=\"853\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greys-anatomy-april-matthew-853x570.jpg 853w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greys-anatomy-april-matthew-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greys-anatomy-april-matthew-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greys-anatomy-april-matthew-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greys-anatomy-april-matthew-570x381.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greys-anatomy-april-matthew-385x257.jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greys-anatomy-april-matthew.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-935624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Bruening and Sarah Drew in \u2018Grey\u2019s Anatomy\u2019 (Eric McCandless\/ABC)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then, Bruening returned in Season 13 after April and Matthew reunited offscreen, however current <em>Grey\u2019s<\/em> episodes have proven that April and Jackson are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1045384\/greys-anatomy-episode-400-jackson-april-returning-meredith-leaving-finale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as soon as once more a pair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from <em>Grey\u2019s<\/em>, Drew and Bruening additionally starred within the 2018 Christian drama movie <em>Indivisible<\/em>, which additionally featured <em>Grey\u2019s<\/em> actors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jason-george\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason George<\/a> and Michael O\u2019Neill.<\/p>\n<p>So by the point they filmed <em>Reindeer Games Homecoming<\/em>, Drew and Bruening have been effectively acquainted. \u201cI was joking with her at the beginning: You know you get that phone call from your friend who\u2019s like, \u2018Hey, so I wrote a script,\u2019 and right away, you\u2019re kind of like, \u2018Huh, really? Great,\u2019\u201d Bruening advised <em>People<\/em>. \u201cBut it was so funny and, having worked together so many times, I know how collaborative she is and how she does want to elevate everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added Drew: \u201cI think it was super beneficial getting to work with Justin since we\u2019ve been working together for 10 years. We\u2019re just able to immediately leap in, and there\u2019s no kind of trying to figure out the chemistry. We have a decade of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Reindeer Games Homecoming<\/em>, Saturday, November 12, 8\/7c, Lifetime<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Anyone who shipped April Kepner and Matthew Taylor on Grey\u2019s Anatomy can see the identical actors fall in love over again within the Lifetime film Reindeer Games Homecoming. Sarah Drew and Justin Bruening lead the solid of the vacation rom-com, which airs tonight, Saturday, November 12, at 8\/7c. 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