Real Housewives of the North Pole adds six new stars as full cast revealed
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Kyle Richards and Besty Brandt are about to have new neighbors in North Pole, Vermont.
Peacock has announced the full cast of their upcoming original film, The real housewives of the North Pole. The casting news comes after the streamer first revealed that Richards and Brandt would be co-starring in the holiday movie, production of which began in Utah last month.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 52 years old, and the breaking Bad alum, 48, will be joined by six newly announced cast members: Jearnest Corchado (Sneaker heads), Kyle Selig (The Book of Mormon), Tetona Jackson (Boomerang), Carlos Ponce (Julie and the ghosts), Alec Mapa (Desperate housewives) and Damon Dayoub (NCIS).
The real housewives of the North Pole follows the two “Christmas Queens” of North Pole, Vermont, Trish (Richards) and Diana (Brandt). The duo have made a name for themselves over the past nine years after winning the best vacation home decorating contest every year, but after a particularly nasty feud, the two women sparked a row-wide feud. town just a few days before Christmas.
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Their argument catches the attention of a national magazine writer (Jackson), who hopes to land her first big story with a talk titled “Real Housewives of the North Pole.”
Corchado stars in the film as Trish’s daughter, Skye, who is home for a vacation and is making tensions “very high this Christmas,” according to Peacock. Selig will play Diana’s son, Jake, a recent college graduate trying to plan his life in the real world, while Ponce will play Trish’s husband, Paul.
Mapa should play the role of Kendall American life the boss, Xander and Dayoub will play Nick, a “free spirit” who works as an environmentalist at the Wildlife Bureau.
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Richards first teased the project on Instagram last month, sharing a screenshot from the news and writing, “So excited to work with this amazing actress @betsybrandt, can’t wait for you all to see it! 🙏 🎄🎅❤️🎬 “
Although she is known as the oldest member of RHOBHRichards began her on-screen career as a child actress. She appeared in the original Halloween cinema, more The observer in the woods, the little house in the meadow and Down to earth.
Brandt, who is widely recognized for her role as Marie Schrader on AMC breaking Bad, also appeared in The Michael J. Fox Show, Masters of Sex, Parenthood and Life in pieces. Her most recent role was in Hulu’s Love, Victor.
Although Peacock has yet to set a premiere date for The real housewives of the North Pole, the holiday movie is slated to debut on the streaming service later this year.
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