Skyler Samuels knew she had big shoes to fill in the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries after Candace Cameron Bure ’s exit — but she was ready to try. “It was definitely a surprise role when they came to me with the Aurora reboot,” Samuels, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, August 6, while promoting her new Hallmark rom-com, My Dreams of You . “I was excited because I love a challenge, but I also was a little nervous because I understood that there was this long standing fan base.
” Samuels was aware that there was a “deep bench” for the Hallmark Mystery franchise because Cameron Bure, 48, played the amateur sleuth, Aurora Teagarden, in 18 films before Samuels took over in 2023. Samuels said when she began playing the younger version of the titular character she was “getting to kind of reimagine Aurora in a way that didn’t feel like I was mimicking or copycatting” Cameron Bure’s style. “I wanted to have my own Aurora but one that paid homage to the Aurora that people knew and loved before,” she explained.
“And I think our director, my dear friend and work wife, Jessica Harmon , did such a great job kind of coming up with a tone that felt new and familiar at the same time. I think we’ve threaded that really nicely.” Cameron Bure began portraying the librarian-turned-sleuth in 2015.
In April 2022, she announced she was leaving Hallmark Media to act and produce projects at Great American Media . The news was a shock to fans, as Cameron Bure was .