(IMAGE: Christina Moore and John Ducey in “I Believe in Santa”; courtesy of ESX Entertainment)
In part two of our profile of Christmas rom-com powerhouse ESX Entertainment, we talk to producer Christina Moore, who’s also starring in the latest ESX release, the Netflix hit “I Believe in Santa.” This interview was conducted on the eve of the film’s release. In the days since, “I Believe in Santa” has risen into the top tier of Netflix’s “Most Viewed” metrics in markets including the UK, the USA and others all over the world.
ESX Entertainment’s energetic Christina Moore is an actress, a producer, a screenwriter and a human dynamo. Moore’s a showbiz veteran, and she’s constantly working. In addition to producing films at ESX, she acts regularly in a range of projects, but you might remember her best from her season doing sketch comedy on MADTV, or as the second Laurie Forman on THAT 70s SHOW. ESX president Ali Afshar used to take acting classes with Christina when they were both young strivers, and she’s been part of the production mix at ESX both behind and in front of the camera from the start.
(IMAGE: Actress-Producer CHRISTINA MOORE; courtesy of ESX Entertainment)
This year Christina is one of the producers on two of ESXs top Christmas comedies: “A Hollywood Christmas,” is a rom-com about people who make Christmas rom-coms and it’s been dominating the “most viewed” charts at HBO MAX this Christmas season. “I Believe in Santa,” written by her husband John Ducey, is another unique Christmas comedy, in which Ducey and Moore also star as the grown man who still believes in Santa and the unbelieving woman who has to decide if she can live with that.
We caught up with Christina Moore at ESX’s Burbank offices on the day before the red carpet for “IBIS,” as “I Believe in Santa” is sometimes called. Our conversation encompassed the nuts and bolts of producing, the magic of Christmas, and the magic of working at a company like ESX.