I don’t come from a traditional Hollywood pipeline, we like to do things our own way. We made a name for ourselves punching above our weight class. was an action project called “American Wrestler: The Wizard.” It was about my life coming to America from Iran. The movie that introduced us to Warner Bros. That’s like “Yellowstone” with a Latin infusion, launching as a five-episode miniseries. We also have our series “Casa Grande” releasing May 1 on Amazon. Jared made a few introductions and a few months later, we made our first film, “Born to Race.” Fast forward to now, we’re finishing our 23rd movie. I met an indie film financier named Jared Underwood through the racing world, and he said if I ever wanted to make a move to let him know. movie, “He’s Just Not That Into You,” and I booked it. but working with a race team I learned how to put people from all over the world together, winning many championships, and unknowingly I was learning how to produce. I worked consistently but took an eight-year hiatus in 2002 to become a pro race car driver for Subaru America. I missed acting. My first job was on “Saved by the Bell: The New Class,” and it was the second audition I ever went in for. Over our conversation, Afshar discussed the winding path to his production company, his desire to move into other genres, and expanding his holiday game past Christmas. She may be in store, of course, for a Christmas miracle when she falls for the world’s worst carpenter. Alex Ranarivelo is directing the project that follows a young widow struggling to keep a local vineyard from falling into the wrong hands while raising her two young boys.

Afshar’s well-oiled Christmas machine functions at such a level that, during a recent conversation with Variety, he revealed he was in the middle of shooting another film - “A Wine Country Christmas.” The latest stars frequent Afshar collaborator Josh Swickard, Sol Rodriguez (“Grachi”), soap vet and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum Eileen Davison and Omar Gooding.

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