Again within the 2000s, Chad Michael Murray was fairly the recent commodity on initiatives like A Cinderella Story and One Tree Hill, and currently he’s been having a little bit of a resurgence. He reprised his position as Jake in Freakier Friday on the 2025 film calendar and stars on the romantic drama sequence Sullivan’s Crossing. His profession additionally took an attention-grabbing flip final Christmas, as he performed a stripper in The Merry Gents, and apparently his daughter had a reasonably hilarious response to that.
It’s solely September, however we’re already getting a have a look at what 2025 Christmas motion pictures are in retailer. It stays to be seen if the upcoming Netflix motion pictures will carry the identical warmth as final yr’s slate, which gave us Lacey Chabert’s Scorching Frosty and Chad Michael Murray’s The Merry Gents. The oddness of including strippers to a vacation film isn’t misplaced on Murray, and apparently it acquired him in bother together with his toddler at residence, as he instructed Newsweek:
I did a film final yr known as The Merry Gents. I used to be a stripper. As a result of if you consider Christmas, that is the very first thing you concentrate on. And I bear in mind I used to be watching it with my spouse earlier than it got here out, and my daughter walked in. She was 7 on the time. She simply got here in and simply began smacking me. ‘What did you do? Put your shirt on!’ Cute. Cute, however it makes it a lot sweeter. It makes it so significantly better.
It’s so humorous to me that Chad Michael Murray’s 7-year-old known as him out for being shirtless in a film. The “What did you do?” slays me.
Now, simply in case you’re considering Netflix’s Magic Mike-meets-Hallmark Christmas rom-com may need been a bit too risqué for such younger eyes, I can guarantee you that The Merry Gents remained PG sufficient to not damage any tiny lives. There was a little bit of gyrating and sufficient naked chests to warrant CMM’s chastizing, however Channing Tatum was undoubtedly not on this constructing.
I can completely see why the One Tree Hill alum’s Christmas stripper film would trigger such a response for his daughter, however for these of us who grew up watching Lucas Scott taking part in basketball or Tristan capturing Rory’s coronary heart on Gilmore Women, this film — and the requisite Netflix hunky vacation calendar — was actually thrilling.
The Merry Gents, which is accessible to stream with a Netflix subscription, facilities round Broadway dancer Ashley Davis (Britt Robertson), who returns residence for Christmas to study that her dad and mom’ venue is at risk of closing because of not paying their hire. After seeing handyman Luke shirtless, she kinds the thought to do an all-male revue to boost the cash.
I’ve to confess, the horny vacation rom-com is a motion I can get behind, so we’ll simply have to attend to see what unique Netflix Christmas motion pictures await us this yr. If Chad Michael Murray returns to the lineup, nonetheless, he may wish to contemplate locking the door earlier than hitting Play.