Jingle Bell Heist arrives this Wednesday to continue Netflix's latest season of new Christmas movies, but it's not just a Christmas movie. As well as providing festive feels, the new movie doesn't ignore the 'heist' part of its title and features everything you'd expect from a heist movie, including twist reveals and disguises.
Talking to Digital Spy ahead of the release, lead star Olivia Holt revealed that she enjoyed the disguises so much that she decided to take one home. Unfortunately for her co-star Connor Swindells, he wasn't aware that he could keep anything.
"We did a lot of tests, actually. Michael [Fimognari, director] made us try everything on, and we really liked our masked [look]," Swindells recalled with Holt continuing: "Big fan of that look, we loved it. I took mine home. I like taking things like that, though."
Swindells added: "You didn't, did you? Why didn't you tell me that? I would have taken it. I didn't know I was allowed to."
The mask in question is a festive-themed balaclava that Holt's retail worker Sophia and Swindells' repairman Nick wear for their big heist. Intrigued? You can check out the look below and decide for yourself if you'd want to keep it.
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Of course, Jingle Bell Heist couldn't just be a heist movie as its position in Netflix's Christmas season means that it also has to be a rom-com. Here, it's between Sophia and Nick who fall for each other as they plot a robbery at London's most notorious department store.
Luckily for the duo, Swindells noted that he felt that they "got along well from the beginning", even though they only had a couple of weeks to rehearse before shooting the movie.
"I think we were very much on the same page of what we, tonally, wanted to do with these characters. Even day one, I remember going home and feeling really solid and confident in what we had done on day one," agreed Holt.
"The story really starts with Sophia and Nick, and I think the conversations that we had, honing in on who these characters are, not only together, but who they are as individuals, I think was really important."
Jingle Bell Heist is released on Netflix on 26 November.
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