He says he was excited to work with Hawn on the Christmas Chronicles sequel.
While Hawn has been mostly a comedic actress throughout her career, the new Netflix Christmas movie is completely earnest and the director says he wanted to work with Hawn as an actress rather than as a comedian.
Director Chris Columbus tells Insider that Kurt Russell was actually responsible for that particular line, though the rest of the script was handled by Columbus himself along with Matt Lieberman.
Columbus particularly loves the line and the way Goldie Hawn delivers it.