Zooey Deschanel is all about giving credit where it’s due – and when it comes to her latest film, Harold and the Purple Crayon, she’s thanking her kids for encouraging her to take the role. “I had actually read it to my children and we all loved it,” she says of the 1955 children’s book that inspired the live-action family flick, which premièred in August.
Equally thrilled, no doubt, was the actress’s fiancé, Canada’s own Jonathan Scott, who champions everything she does. “He’s very supportive,” Zooey, 44, gushes of the HGTV star, 46, who she also describes as “an amazing stepdad” to her daughter, Elsie, 9, and son, Charlie, 7.
Here, just a few weeks after celebrating five years with her Property Brother beau, the New Girl alum gets candid…
