Alison Sweeney has been making Hannah Swensen movies for over a decade now, and for at least nine of those delicious little mysteries, Gabriel Hogan has been by her side as Hannah’s bestie Norman Rhodes. We won't have to wait long before another hits the Hallmark movie calendar, but even before that, the longtime friends will star in a new project that changes their dynamic. In Romance at Hope Ranch, they'll play romantic leads, and I just had to know what that friends-to-lovers transition was like.
The Hallmark stalwart sat down with CinemaBlend to talk about her next movie to hit the 2026 TV schedule, Romance at Hope Ranch, in which she plays Hope, an empty-nester fulfilling her lifelong dream of running a ranch in New Mexico. Much to her surprise, her ex-boyfriend Jack (Gabriel Hogan) is also looking to make a big change — and get back together with Hope! So how did Alison Sweeney feel about adding some romance between her and Hogan’s characters? I barely got the question out before she confirmed:
