Ian Harding plays a total charmer on Hallmark+’s Holidazed series — but not even his connection to the town sheriff could save him from being arrested. “That is the first time I have ever been in the back of a police vehicle,” Harding, 38, exclusively told Us Weekly of the TV shoot. “I have interacted with police folks before for reasons that are clearly not bad enough [for] that.
” The actor, who spoke with Us while on a long road trip, joked that perhaps he was “actually fleeing the law” instead of driving to Toronto for work. “That’s what you’re witnessing right now,” he teased. “And I’m, like, super calm and sociopathic.
” During episode 2 of the holiday-themed show , which premieres on Thursday, November 14, Harding’s Josh Hill has multiple run-ins with the law and town sherriff Nora Jacobs ( Erin Cahill ), who just-so-happens to be Hill’s former classmate. While the incidents start off innocent enough, Josh ends up in the back of Nora’s squad car at one point — a scene which caused Harding to realize getting arrested in real life isn’t for him. “They’re not comfortable.
I’ve learned that,” he told Us of the vehicle. “And I was not handcuffed. I could very easily get in and out.
” Harding said he had “fun” filming in the cop car, but he worried he might’ve scared a few local kids who had no idea what was happening that day. “There were children in the one area that I was in the back of the cop car,” he recalled. .
