Lucy Hale Can't Be in a Room Without This All-Purpose Ointment, and It's only $7 on Amazon

Lucy Hale Can’t Be in a Room Without This All-Purpose Ointment, and It’s only $7 on Amazon

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Hale isn’t alone in using this for almost everything. One shopper said they successfully used the balm to heal and de-swell dry, split lips. Several other shoppers have praised its eczema benefits; one Amazon reviewer went as far as to say, “This worked from the start — overnight I saw a difference. It’s now a week after the initial use and my eczema hasn’t returned.” Many shoppers simply use this as a lip balm. The lesson is, whatever skin ailment you have, Lucas Papaw Ointment will do the trick, and for only $7.

Lucy Hale Talks ‘Pretty Little Liars’ 5-Year Anniversary and the New Reboot (Exclusive)

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Lucy Hale is expressing gratitude for Pretty Little Liars. ET’s Denny Directo spoke with the 32-year-old actress in support of her new flick, Borrego, and Hale was shocked to learn that the five-year anniversary of the PLL finale is right around the corner.

“Well, now I feel old, because I thought it was three years ago. But what has the last two years been, anyway?” Hale told ET, alluding to quarantine and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m confused. Wow. That’s really humbling.”

Hale starred as Aria Montgomery on the Freeform series, from its premiere in 2010 to its finale in June 2017. The experience, she said, “changed my life.”

“[I’m] grateful for it. Grateful for all it brought to me,” she said. “I now get to do all different types of roles because of that show. I’ll never forget that. I’ll always have gratitude for that.”

Back in September 2020, HBO Max announced that it’s given a direct-to-series order to a new PLL series. Titled Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, the show, which will be helmed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring, will take place in a new town, with new secrets and new Little Liars, but remain in the PLL universe. Chandler Kinney, Maia Reficco, Bailee Madison, Zaria and Malia Pyles are set to star.

“I’m excited for this new group of girls. I hope it does well. I really do,” Hale told ET. “I think people want me to be upset about it and I’m stoked for them. I want to watch. It’s exciting.”

As for the advice she’d offer the new Little Liars, Hale said, “Just enjoy it. Your life’s going to change. Just soak it all in. I wasn’t always that way. I was always thinking 10 steps ahead, so I would miss out on moments. Ride the wave. Stay around good people.”

Given her excitement for the upcoming series, Hale said she “totally would” appear on the reboot if asked. “I mean, if they were like, ‘Lucy, do you want to play a mom?’ I’m like, ‘I’m not quite that old yet. OK?’” she quipped.

For now, though, Hale is focused on Borrego, which will hit theaters and be available on demand Jan. 14. The thriller follows Hale’s Elly after she’s kidnapped in the Borrego desert and must fight to survive.

“We shot this in Spain. It was an amazing Spanish crew. We had a handful of people from the States and we all rolled up our sleeves and we were like, ‘Let’s go make this crazy movie,’” she said of the film, which she also produced. “We knew it would be blood, sweat and tears, nights, running. I pulled a muscle the first day in my leg… It was cold, it was hot, it was emotional; just challenging in all the right ways. That just made it so rewarding. We had a blast.”

As for what attracted her to the project, Hale said she was “just really moved by the story.”

“I was really moved by Elly’s storyline, because I saw a lot of myself in her… I just thought the characters, who were all so drastically different, all had so much in common,” she told ET. “I just thought that was a beautiful message: people from different walks of life, we all hurt, and we all run away, and we all are desperate for human connection… I think that we forget how much we have in common as human beings, and I think we need that more than ever now.”

Borrego will hit theaters and be available on demand Jan. 14.

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Lucy Hale dons warm beige sweater and blue leggings as she grabs coffee at Alfred’s in Los Angeles

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Lucy Hale wore comfy looking clothes as she made a coffee run to Alfred’s in Los Angeles.

The actress, 32, donned a button-down beige fleece sweater and a pair of form-fitting blue leggings as she made her way to the popular coffee shop.

She walked on matching white slippers and protected herself with a brown fabric face covering.

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Grabbing a pick-me-up: Lucy Hale wore comfy looking clothes as she made a coffee run to Alfred’s in Los Angeles

She tied her dark brown hair back tightly to keep it out of her face. Hale parted her hair in the middle.

The Pretty Little Liars star walked with her three drinks in a a cardboard tray. Her car keys were attached to a large bracelet which she wore on her left wrist.

The actress’ outing came the day after the release of her newest project.

Looking good: The actress, 32, donned a button-down beige fleece sweater and a pair of form-fitting blue leggings as she made her way to the popular coffee shop

New movie: The actress’ outing came the day after the release of her newest project

Borrego, a film which she stars in, received a wide release on Friday.

The actress portrays a botanist named Elly, who is kidnapped by a first-time drug mule when his plane crashes in the desert.

The Jesse Harris-directed feature also stars performers such as Nicholas Gonzalez, Olivia Trujilo and Jorge A. Jimenez, among others.

The Truth or Dare actress also served as an executive producer on the project, and it is her first time working in that capacity.

Playing a scientist: Hale portrays a botanist named Elly, who is kidnapped by a first-time drug mule when his plane crashes in the desert

Another movie on the way: The actress is also preparing for the release of the upcoming dark comedy movie Big Gold Brick (picture from Borrego)

The actress is also preparing for the release of the upcoming dark comedy movie Big Gold Brick.

The film will follow the exploits of a writer hired to write the autobiography of an enigmatic figure and must deal with the chaos that ensues as the project moves along.

Also involved with the feature are performers such as Oscar Isaac, Megan Fox and Andy Garcia.

Big Gold Brick, written and directed by Bridesmaids actor Brian Pestos, is currently set to be released on February 25.

Seattle filmmaker Jesse Harris debuts ‘Borrego’ starring Lucy Hale at Varsity Theatre

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Growing up, Jesse Harris never could have known that the occasional trips he took with his parents to California’s Anza-Borrego Desert would play such a big role in his professional life.

But for the past six years, Harris has been working on a film inspired by one of those visits that took him 1,200 miles from his Seattle home. Harris traces the kernel of his latest film back to a true story about his dad, an amateur botanist. It was his discovery of an invasive plant species spreading in the desert that “set off an entire story in my head,” recalls Harris.

Now Harris gets to share his latest feature “Borrego” with audiences coast-to-coast when it opens Friday, Jan. 14. Harris wrote and directed the thriller, which stars Lucy Hale as a young botanist.

But this isn’t the first time Harris is making his mark on the film scene. A Ballard High alum, Harris started his filmmaking career early, writing and directing his first feature when he was 17. Instead of taking the conventional college route, Harris took the money intended for tuition and funded his first feature film, which was eventually picked up for distribution.

As you might imagine, getting a film made at any age can prove challenging. But being in your teens and far from any real film scene creates its own set of complications.

Harris began to hear from others with similar challenges. So he became hell-bent on helping other young filmmakers navigate the process and have access to networks, mentors and a venue to showcase and celebrate their work - a Sundance for filmmakers under 22, if you will.

That’s when Harris co-founded the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, or NFFTY.

What started as a one-day festival in Seattle in 2007 now spans four days and screens nearly 300 films from 24 different countries. In recognition, Variety magazine named Harris one of 25 talents who transformed youth entertainment.

Even after Harris turned over the reins of NFFTY to focus more on his own career, he remains a tireless and enthusiastic supporter of young filmmakers. He’s been known to respond to young filmmakers seeking advice on Instagram and even offered the use of his LA home, rent-free, to someone looking to finish their first screenplay while he was off shooting Borrego.

Back to the Desert

In between traveling around the globe directing commercials for the likes of Disney, Coca-Cola, and Virgin America, Harris sat down to start on his own script. News reports of small ultralight planes being used to bring drugs over the border in the same region he visited in his childhood swirled in his head. From there, the other pieces began to fall into place.

His finished script follows a young botanist who moves to a small desert town in California to study an invasive plant species, but must fight for her survival when she’s kidnapped by an inexperienced drug mule after his plane crashes in the desert. Harris’ idea was never to make a drug movie, but instead to “build a more authentic story of the everyday people who are forced into this life and how that could drive their motivations.”

With script in hand, Harris tried for a couple years to get the attention of producers and financiers - no easy task. Eventually, Harris got his script in front of some big talent agencies in LA, including ICM, which represents Lucy Hale.

Hale read and embraced the script along with Harris’ vision. She met with Harris and immediately felt like they were on the same page about the project.

“I wanted to do this film because it was unlike any project I’ve been a part of," Hale recently mused while promoting Borrego. “I was looking to do something that challenged me - mentally, physically, and emotionally. This had all of those elements for me.”

Harris was also eager to have Hale on board, “I realized she had this immense talent that was being underutilized and I got really excited about having her be the main character and almost unveiling her to audiences in a totally new way than they had seen her before. And she just absolutely nailed it.”

With Hale now involved, the film was set in motion. In addition to playing the lead character, Hale took on the role as an Executive Producer as she remained involved in casting the rest of the parts and contributing to the creative process at times.

“More than anything, Lucy just put her weight and support behind Borrego,” recalls Harris. “I would not have been able to get it made without her.”

Harris planned to set the film in the same California desert that inspired his story. But as principal photography was getting ready to roll in the spring of 2020, the pandemic threw a wrench into the production. Shifting dates and locations, “Borrego” began filming in the Tabernas Desert that fall.

“We shot in Spain in this desert that so many Westerns of the 50s have been filmed. So even though it wasn’t the Californian desert I wrote it for, it was a special place to be and ended up being a near exact match in look,” recalls Harris.

With the film wrapped, Saban Films snatched up “Borrego” for distribution calling it a suspenseful, action-packed ride. They went on to state that, “Lucy Hale is terrific in a role which is unlike anything she has done before, and she shines under Jesse Harris’ masterful direction.”

Harris’ cinematic thriller, featuring an international cast is available on-demand, digitally and in theaters this Friday, including the Varsity Theatre in Seattle.

Harris hopes to be in town for a special screening at SIFF Uptown (where Harris screened his proof of concept for “Borrego” in 2018) on January 26.

“Having grown up in Seattle, I have such a connection. But also, my first feature I made at 17 was released there in theaters,” exclaims Harris. “Doing NFFTY for nearly a decade and building such a great community of supporters, I just know people will want to watch it on the big screen if they can.”

Lucy Hale in survival thriller ‘Borrego’

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