The actress plays a matriarch and business magnate in the David Harbour-starring action-comedy.
So is the actress happy to be the Queen of Christmas Movies?
D’Angelo’s character inViolent Nightis certainly different from the supportive Ellen Griswold of theVacationfranchise.
Beverly D’Angelo in ‘Violent Night’.Universal Pictures
“I think that’s fair to say,” says D’Angelo, with a laugh.
It was so much fun.
I relished coming at the holiday and embodying a completely different perspective."
‘Violent Night’.Universal Pictures
While Gertrude is a cold character, D’Angelo reveals that the shoot in Canada was literally freezing.
“It averaged 23 below,” says the actress.
We were in Winnipeg, beautiful place, but [we were] always fighting against the cold.
‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’.Everett Collection
All those exteriors were at night when temperatures were plummeting even more."
The chilly nature of the production was in stark contrast to that ofChristmas Vacation.
“It was all fake,” she says.
D’Angelo hopes that audiences will warm to her new fictional family in the same way they have the Griswolds.
“The fans ofChristmas Vacation and really all of thoseVacationmovies are so loyal,” she says.
Here’s the thing aboutChristmas VacationandViolent Night.
Violent Nightis now in theaters.
Watch the film’s trailer below.
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