Hunter King stars in the new Hallmark Channel movie Two Scoops of Italy and she’s opening up about how she prepared to shoot on location in Italy.

The 30-year-old actress has been in five previous Hallmark films and she was even voted by fans as the top favorite actress on the network in Just Jared’s 2023 poll!

In the new movie, Hunter plays a restaurant owner who travels to Italy looking for inspiration to come up with a new menu that will wow her investor. She meets a local gelatiere (Michele Rosiello), who introduces her to the flavors of Italy, including lots of gelato. Of course they’re going to fall in love too!

So, how did Hunter prepare to film in Italy?

Keep reading to find out more…

DuoLingo, of course!

“I tried doing DuoLingo before I came there, and all I learned was how to order a coffee, or espresso, at a cafe,” Hunter said during a Facebook Live. “So I was like, ‘you guys have to teach me some words.’ And Michele would point to things wherever we were filming like a table, a chair, the sky.”

Hunter has also talked about all the gelato she ate while filming!

“Honestly, I do think I had gelato after work [a ton],” she told Us Weekly. “During the week, probably four or five nights out of the week I would get gelato.”

“There were multiple days where we were eating gelato or trying new flavors or making gelato,” she added. “Just an absurd amount. I don’t even wanna know if you add it all up into, like, a big pint or, like a gallon. It’s probably best I don’t know.”

Watch Two Scoops of Italy on Hallmark Channel at 8/7c on Saturday (June 22).