To shoot his steamy new Christmas movie "Merry Gentlemen," Chad Michael Murray says he took six-hour dance lessons to get in shape.

Chad Michael Murray, who played Tristan in Gilmore Girls, stars in a new Netflix Christmas movie, which makes up for the actor leaving the show.

Murray talked to WWD about "The Merry Gentlemen," the upcoming "Freaky Friday" reboot and choosing projects that won't embarrass his kids.

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Chad Michael Murray has a lot of experience working with the innocent movie world of Hallmark, but he's spicing things up in Netflix's The Merry Gentlemen.

Isabella Soares of Collider gives The Merry Gentlemen a slightly better 7 out of 10, writing that it’s a bit of a spicy spin on the ever-present holiday romance but still hits all the clichés. While there’s a little more skin than you’d typically see on Hallmark, the dancers’ act is too hilarious to ever be considered sensual. The critic says:

Chad Michael Murray is baring it all in more ways than one ahead of his new Netflix film 'The Merry Gentlemen.' The 'One Tree Hill' alum stars in the Netflix holiday romcom alongside Britt Robertson,

Chad Michael Murray is baring it all in more ways than one ahead of his new Netflix film The Merry Gentlemen. The One Tree Hill alum stars in the Netflix holiday romcom alongside Britt Robertson, which follows a former big city dancer who travels home for the holidays and saves her parents’ small town performing