'Wynonna Earp' Alum Melanie Scrofano on Joining Hallmark and Working With Lorraine Bracco (Exclusive)

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Hallmark Channel debut this weekend with the food-centric romance, In the original movie, premiering Saturday as part of the network's «Loveuary» lineup, Scrofano plays Amy, a restaurant manager who inherits a Brooklyn restaurant after the unexpected death of her mother figure, «Mama»(Lorraine Bracco).

There she meets down-on-his-luck chef Frank (Daniel di Tomasso), who isn't as welcoming as she'd like him to be. As they attempt to relaunch the restaurant amidst their differing viewpoints and personalities, they soon realize — in classic Hallmark fashion — they may have more in common than they thought.Ahead of its premiere, ET spoke with Scrofano about joining the Hallmark family, channeling her Italian roots for her role (watch an exclusive sneak peek above), creating chemistry with di Tomasso during a pandemic and staying in touch with her castmates.

Yeah, my debut! It all happened very quickly. We got a call we were not expecting and they offered me this role, and I saw it was an Italian storyline and I got very excited because I don't often get to play Italian, which is such a huge part of my childhood and my life.

I have so many friends who have done Hallmark movies and they had a really good time, and they speak highly of the whole process.