B.J. Britt (left), Tyler Hynes and Jonathan Bennett.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty
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The countdown to PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive issue kicked off in the sweetest — and most festive — way possible with a little help from Hallmark.
TheGroomsmentrio chatted about their on-screen and real-life “bromance” and the Hallmark hunk hopefuls introduced themselves before they all performed the movie trilogy’s signature dance. The celebrations were capped off with cookies designed to look like Bennett, Hynes and Britt.
Here, see the handsome cast ofThe GroomsmenandFinding Mr. Christmasat the festive event.
01of 20’The Groomsmen' CastTyler Hynes (left), B.J. Britt and Jonathan Bennett. “It’s not Sex in the City, but it kind of feels like Sex in City,” Hynes said of ‘The Groomsmen’.Mike Coppola/GettyTyler Hynes, B.J. Britt and Jonathan Bennett had a sweet time with their sexy cookies.
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Tyler Hynes (left), B.J. Britt and Jonathan Bennett. “It’s not Sex in the City, but it kind of feels like Sex in City,” Hynes said of ‘The Groomsmen’.Mike Coppola/Getty
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Tyler Hynes, B.J. Britt and Jonathan Bennett had a sweet time with their sexy cookies.
02of 20The Bromance in ActionJonathan Bennett (left), B.J. Britt and Tyler Hynes. “I love them to the moon and back,” Britt said of his co-stars. “They have become my brothers”.Mike Coppola/Getty"B.J. [Britt] and I had done a movie together. We hit it off, just became buddies, and Tyler [Hynes] and I have become really good friends," Bennett said during the panel. “There’s very few times, I’d say, in your career when you walk on set and it all just fits. Everything just clicks and you don’t have to do anything. It’s just automatically there. And those are your golden moments.”
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Jonathan Bennett (left), B.J. Britt and Tyler Hynes. “I love them to the moon and back,” Britt said of his co-stars. “They have become my brothers”.Mike Coppola/Getty
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“B.J. [Britt] and I had done a movie together. We hit it off, just became buddies, and Tyler [Hynes] and I have become really good friends,” Bennett said during the panel. “There’s very few times, I’d say, in your career when you walk on set and it all just fits. Everything just clicks and you don’t have to do anything. It’s just automatically there. And those are your golden moments.”
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The casts of ‘The Groomsmen’ and ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’ perform the signature dance in ‘The Groomsmen’.Mike Coppola/Getty
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04of 20B.J. Britt Has Pocket CookiesB.J. Britt holds cookies with his face on them.Mike Coppola/GettyYep, theGroomsmenstar stashed sweet treats with his and his friends' faces into his jacket pocket.
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B.J. Britt holds cookies with his face on them.Mike Coppola/Getty
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Yep, theGroomsmenstar stashed sweet treats with his and his friends' faces into his jacket pocket.
05of 20Jonathan Bennett Takes a SelfieJonathan Bennett takes a selfie.Mike Coppola/GettyAnd everyone asked him what day it was.
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Jonathan Bennett takes a selfie.Mike Coppola/Getty
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And everyone asked him what day it was.
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07of 20Elijah MalcombElijah Malcomb.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 31, is a delivery driver and actor from Lodi, New Jersey.
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Elijah Malcomb.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 31, is a delivery driver and actor from Lodi, New Jersey.
08of 20Daxton BloomquistDaxton Bloomquist. “I’ve done over 1,000 performances of The Book of Mormon, both Broadway and touring,” Bloomquist said.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 36, is an actor from Los Angeles.
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Daxton Bloomquist. “I’ve done over 1,000 performances of The Book of Mormon, both Broadway and touring,” Bloomquist said.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 36, is an actor from Los Angeles.
09of 20Jonathan WellsJonathan Wells. “Fun fact, over the last year I’ve been out of the country about 150 days,” Wells said.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 27, is an entrepreneur from Chicago.
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Jonathan Wells. “Fun fact, over the last year I’ve been out of the country about 150 days,” Wells said.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 27, is an entrepreneur from Chicago.
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 29, is an aerospace engineer from Vancouver.
11of 20Parker GregoryParker Gregory. “I’m a husband, father, a endurance racing junkie, if you’ve ever heard of Ironman and stuff like that,” Gregory said.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 39, is a model from League City, Texas.
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Parker Gregory. “I’m a husband, father, a endurance racing junkie, if you’ve ever heard of Ironman and stuff like that,” Gregory said.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 39, is a model from League City, Texas.
12of 20Gage RobinsonGage Robinson. “I’ve never broken a bone in my body,” Robinson said. “But I’ve had two tonsillectomies”.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 29, is a marketing consultant from Los Angeles.
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Gage Robinson. “I’ve never broken a bone in my body,” Robinson said. “But I’ve had two tonsillectomies”.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 29, is a marketing consultant from Los Angeles.
13of 20Blake KelleyBlake Kelley. “Fun fact about me is I played football for the University of Texas Tech,” Kelley said.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 36, is a sales manager from Beaumont, Texas.
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Blake Kelley. “Fun fact about me is I played football for the University of Texas Tech,” Kelley said.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 36, is a sales manager from Beaumont, Texas.
14of 20Ezra MorelandEzra Moreland. “I was a rescue swimmer in the Navy for six years,” Moreland said. “I currently work as a model, and my main thing in life that I love is family”.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 31, is a model and former Navy rescue diver from San Diego.
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Ezra Moreland. “I was a rescue swimmer in the Navy for six years,” Moreland said. “I currently work as a model, and my main thing in life that I love is family”.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 31, is a model and former Navy rescue diver from San Diego.
15of 20Isaac RamirezIsaac Ramirez. “I’m an actor and I’m a fireman,” Ramirez said. “That’s kind of what I do on my days off. In this case, on my days on”.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 28, is a firefighter from Santa Clarita, Calif.
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Isaac Ramirez. “I’m an actor and I’m a fireman,” Ramirez said. “That’s kind of what I do on my days off. In this case, on my days on”.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 28, is a firefighter from Santa Clarita, Calif.
16of 20Hayden MaherHayden Maher. “[I’m] from Australia, but I live in California now, where I put on massive parties for kids' birthdays,” Maher said. “And in my spare time I work at a dog shelter, which fills my heart”.Mike Coppola/GettyTheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 30, is a children’s entertainer originally from Australia and living in Los Angeles.
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Hayden Maher. “[I’m] from Australia, but I live in California now, where I put on massive parties for kids' birthdays,” Maher said. “And in my spare time I work at a dog shelter, which fills my heart”.Mike Coppola/Getty
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TheFinding Mr. Christmascontestant, 30, is a children’s entertainer originally from Australia and living in Los Angeles.
17of 20B.J. BrittB.J. Britt. “It’s such a bromance for me from start to finish,” Britt said of ‘The Groomsmen’ trilogy.Mike Coppola/Getty"I can’t talk about Pete without talking about these two," Britt says of his character inThe Groomsmen. “You take these two gentlemen [Hynes and Bennett’s characters] who have been best friends with Pete for lifelong, you stick it in the movie where they explore their bromance, they explore their love lives, they explore marriage and what that looks like, but they also hold each other accountable. They aren’t justyesfriends.”
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B.J. Britt. “It’s such a bromance for me from start to finish,” Britt said of ‘The Groomsmen’ trilogy.Mike Coppola/Getty
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“I can’t talk about Pete without talking about these two,” Britt says of his character inThe Groomsmen. “You take these two gentlemen [Hynes and Bennett’s characters] who have been best friends with Pete for lifelong, you stick it in the movie where they explore their bromance, they explore their love lives, they explore marriage and what that looks like, but they also hold each other accountable. They aren’t justyesfriends.”
18of 20Jonathan BennettJonathan Bennett. “Ten men entered this house as competitors and they left as a family,” Bennett said of ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’.Mike Coppola/Getty"What I think is so powerful about this story, and I think Tyler was the one that championed it when we were developing it, is I was like, ‘I want it to be three best friends. I want my character to be gay and I want my two other best friends to be straight,'" Bennett recalled ofThe Groomsmen. “Because in my real life, that’s what my real-life group of friends looks like. And I think those stories aren’t told that much. I don’t see a lot of those stories being told.”
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Jonathan Bennett. “Ten men entered this house as competitors and they left as a family,” Bennett said of ‘Finding Mr. Christmas’.Mike Coppola/Getty
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“What I think is so powerful about this story, and I think Tyler was the one that championed it when we were developing it, is I was like, ‘I want it to be three best friends. I want my character to be gay and I want my two other best friends to be straight,'” Bennett recalled ofThe Groomsmen. “Because in my real life, that’s what my real-life group of friends looks like. And I think those stories aren’t told that much. I don’t see a lot of those stories being told.”
19of 20Tyler HynesTyler Hynes. “The actor who played my daughter [in ‘The Groomsmen’], she’s a big Swiftie,” Hynes said. “So she got me into Taylor Swift”.Mike Coppola/Getty"This is the first time we’ve really actually talked about these movies," Hynes said ofThe Groomsmentrilogy. “So this feels very full circle. Again, there’s very few people in the world as sincere and genuine people as these two gentlemen.”
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Tyler Hynes. “The actor who played my daughter [in ‘The Groomsmen’], she’s a big Swiftie,” Hynes said. “So she got me into Taylor Swift”.Mike Coppola/Getty
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“This is the first time we’ve really actually talked about these movies,” Hynes said ofThe Groomsmentrilogy. “So this feels very full circle. Again, there’s very few people in the world as sincere and genuine people as these two gentlemen.”
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Sexiest Man Alive and ‘The Groomsmen’ Face Cookies.Mike Coppola/Getty
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We’ll wait.
source: people.com