Katharine, could you tell us something about the character you play in IN MY DREAMS?

Katharine McPhee: Natalie has just taken over running her family's Italian restaurant, after the death of her mother. It's a major challenge. The place hasn't changed in decades. The décor's the same, the menu's the same, the music's the same. Problem is, customers today don't want dark – which the restaurant is. They don't want heavy, heavy food – they want to be offered something lighter, more interesting. They don't want to hear Luciano Pavarotti singing opera at full volume! Natalie's so focused on dealing with the heartache of losing her mother, and on turning the restaurant into a winning business proposition, that's she's just kind of given up in the romance department. The last thing on her mind is trying to find Mr. Right. Lo and behold he does show up, but only in her dreams.

Mike, what can you tell us about your character?

Mike Vogel: Nick is a very talented bridge designer who's just gone through a really tough breakup. He's trying to focus on his career at this stage in his life, much to the chagrin of his mother, played in our movie by the amazing JoBeth Williams. She's very involved in Nick's life, she's forever trying to set him up with `Ms. Right.' Nick's Mom's a meddler, but she's not mean-spirited. Actually, she and Nick have a great relationship, and that relationship is one of the things I really liked when I first read the script.

Natalie and Nick never go out on an actual date or anything. How do they meet?

Mike Vogel: Well, there's an old wives' tale involving the Haywood Fountain in our mythical town. If you make a wish, then toss a coin in the fountain, you'll meet the man or woman of your dreams, and you'll have the most fantastic dreams for seven nights. But if the dream couple haven't actually met in the real world before that time limit expires -- well, it's all over. Finito, as Natalie would say. So it's really a race against time.

Katharine McPhee: Meanwhile, Natalie has hired this absolute dreamboat of a chef, Mario, he's right off the boat from Italy, and when you look at the two of them together, working in the restaurant, you assume that they're the match made in Heaven. And yes, there are some romantic sparks flying between them, but when Natalie goes home, goes to bed and starts dreaming, she meets this guy who absolutely knocks her socks off. I'm talking, of course, about Nick, played by Mike.

Mike Vogel: One of the really interesting things about this movie is that Katharine and I actually hardly work together at all – only in the dream sequences, which are fairly brief. Most of the time we see Natalie in her restaurant and Nick in his office, where he's having to deal with the boss from hell. He's also having to deal with his mother, who's absolutely determined to get him married, the sooner the better!

Is Charlotte [played by JoBeth Williams] the Mom from Hell?

Mike Vogel: Absolutely not! Her heart's in the right place. She means well, she really does. She just can't help herself! She loves her son. She wants what's best for him. And she sincerely believes that what's best for him now is to meet the right woman and to get married, and probably to start having kids, although she never goes so far as to say that last part in our movie.

It's really cold here in Canada where you're filming, and some of your scenes are outside. How do you deal with the cold?

Mike Vogel: I actually don't have a lot of outdoor scenes, but Katharine does. I'm not sure how she's managing… especially when it's 15 or 20 degrees and she's wearing a short skirt!

Katharine McPhee: I'll tell you how I'm managing! It's all about layers of clothes .. and propane heaters. I've got so many layers on during some of these scenes that I feel like a marshmallow! I'm hoping when people watch the movie they'll look at me and think, `Oh well, she runs an Italian restaurant, so of course she put on a few pounds to be believable in the role!' And the minute the camera stops rolling I make a beeline for one of the propane heaters! I am so looking forward to moving into the restaurant next week to shoot all those scenes – because I'm assuming it's going to be warm in there!

Mike Vogel: Let me tell you, it's quite a challenge as an actor to make a scene work like the one we just shot where you and your co-star are trying to look like you're madly in love – and it's so cold your teeth are chattering!

Speaking of the restaurant, Katharine, are you a real-life fan of Italian cooking and food?

Katharine McPhee: I love Italian food. And Spanish food. And Greek food. I'm a real Mediterranean girl! So interesting, so varied, so healthy. But I'd have to put Italian at the top of my list. Let's hear it for pasta and pizza!

Does your character, Natalie, break out into song now and again at the restaurant?

Katharine McPhee: Absolutely not! Customers come to my restaurant to eat great food .. not to listen to a lounge act! Also, when the restaurant's firing on all cylinders and is packed with customers, Natalie's working her you-know-what off, welcoming guests, seating guests, schmoozing guests, taking orders, schlepping food from kitchen to table! No way could she stop everything and break into a song or two!

Mike Vogel: That said, when the camera's aren't rolling on this set, there's a lot of singing happening. I'm a shower singer myself, and I love nothing more than teaming up with a real pro like Katharine. We've pretty well worked our way through just about every Broadway song there is. But I don't kid myself. She's the headline act; I'm just the chorus!

Is IN MY DREAMS a romance or a comedy?

Mike Vogel: Both, I think. I'd describe it as a romance with hints of comedy. Charlotte, my mother, provides a lot of comedic moments. But at its heart it's a romance.

Katharine McPhee: I agree with Mike. This is a romance, first and foremost. I firmly believe that Mr. Right or Ms. Right is out there for all of us. And who's to say that throwing a coin in a fountain won't lead you to the pot of gold at the end of the romance rainbow. I mean, if that can work for Nick and Natalie, why can't it work for all of us? The trick is to find the right fountain!