The Cut Throat City star joked with Distractify that when she was promoting the Netflix film Holiday Calendar, people regularly questioned the actress about her love for holiday movies. "I was like, 'No, I don't,'" she told us. Though binge-watching holiday movies is not at the top of her to-do list during the festive season, she explained that the "script" really drew her in. 

"I get sent a lot of stories and I’m like, ‘This is cheesy. There is no dimension,' but Holiday Calendar was historic," she said. "[This] was the first time that there had been a holiday movie that centered around an interracial family and nobody talks about that." 

Overall, the actress hopes that the projects she tackles shines a spotlight on a larger message. "I get that people want an escape and I hope that I’m able to give them some form of an escape," she told us, adding, "but I want them to maybe look a little deeper into the projects that I’m doing and say, ‘Why would she do this project?'"

Operation Christmas Drop will be available to stream on Netflix on Nov. 5.