This December, Hearties witnessed the return of two of their favorite Hallmark actors - Daniel Lissing and Lori Loughlin.
Thanks to the production team of When Hope Calls, a spinoff of When Calls the Heart,
which returned with its second season premiering on December 18th.
Daniel did not get a chance to reunite with Erin Krakow in this series.
However, he revealed some exciting details which indicated that they might share the
screen in the upcoming days.
Watch this video till the end to see how Daniel felt about returning as Jack Thornton.
Is he willing to film more storylines as Jack?
Let’s find out.
Australian actor Daniel Lissing played the
main role as Jack Thornton on When Calls the Heart until the season five finale.
He was killed off in a landslide, leaving his wife Elizabeth a widow raising their son alone.
When Daniel left the show, he revealed that it was because of reasons that were very personal to him.
Later, during a Facebook Live session, Lori acknowledged her co-star’s decision by saying,
Not long afterward, Lori herself found her out at the show.
She was fired after she was found to have been involved in a college admission scandal.
However, unlike Lissing’s character, her alter ego left Hope Valley to head back east
to take care of her ailing mom.
More than two years later, both Daniel and Lori came back together to reprise their respective
roles on When Hope Calls Season 2.
Lissing was grateful for the opportunity.
But, in the meantime, he found filming When Hope Calls bittersweet as his co-star, Erin
Krakow, who was also his long-term close friend, was missing on the set.
Speaking with ET, Lissing said, “It felt so natural [to film with Loughlin].
There were also a lot of hugs and ‘I’m so glad we’re getting to do this…so grateful
to be here doing this again together.”
Although they could not meet Erin in person, they still had a moment with their old pal through FaceTime.
“I felt grateful for even just working with these great women,” he added.
Although Daniel did not get to film with Erin on When Hope Calls, he teased fans saying
that they might appear together in another Hallmark production.
he told ET Online.
Will Hallmark ever create a movie featuring Daniel and Erin?
We will know when the time comes.
But will Daniel ever return as Jack in the future days in either of the series?
Here’s what Lissing said.
Having said that, Lissing admitted that his recent storyline was a “really nice, poignant
way to say goodbye to [Jack Thorton].”
That’s all for now.
We will be back with more updates in the future.