Melissa Joan Hart Reacts to Fans’ Shock That She’s Playing a Grandma at 47: ‘Now Clarissa Can Explain AARP’

Melissa Joan Hart fans can’t believe their eyes.

When longtime followers of the Sabrina the teenage witch alum opened up online this week about her role as a grandmother on Lifetime’s Would you kill for me? The story of Mary Baileythe actress decided to look back on Instagram, writing: “Let me explain…”.

“While I’m proud of my performance in my latest film #WouldYouKillForMe, I couldn’t be more flattered that people don’t see me as a grandma (however possible at 47),” she continued. “It’s also refreshing to go viral for my work rather than something controversial.”

Former Clarissa explains everything star then joked, “I guess now Clarissa can explain AARP or play a middle-aged witch.”

Story of 11-year-old girl forced by mom to kill stepfather becomes Lifetime movie: ‘Complete Circle’ (Exclusive)

Would you kill for me? The story of Mary Bailey follows three women – a grandmother, her daughter and granddaughter – as they conspire to kill a violent man. The Lifetime movie is based on the real-life story surrounding Mary Elizabeth Bailey, whose mother instructed her to fatally kill her abusive stepfather when she was a child.

Bailey — who wrote a 2020 memoir My mother’s soldier about her experiences — recently told PEOPLE that the multiple perspectives presented in the film are crucial to better understanding what happened.

“No one is portrayed as so terrible that you have no empathy for that person,” she said in October. “But that’s what I really love about it, I think people can watch it and even if they’re going through something, they can sympathize or sympathize and understand what people are going through and why they’re going through what they’re going through.”

(LR) Melissa Joan Hart and Presley Allard are featured in the biopic ‘Would You Kill for Me?’ The Story of Mary Bailey’.

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Bailey said things “came full circle” for her when she saw the film,

“It’s very emotional. But watching it and knowing that other people, hopefully millions of people, will watch this and be able to relate to this and find some hope, some healing through this film,” she continued. “I mean, it’s really good and I’m really excited about it. So it’s mostly focus, healing and hope for others.”

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