To shoot his steamy new Christmas movie "Merry Gentlemen," Chad Michael Murray says he took six-hour dance lessons to get in shape.

When Chad Michael Murray was sent the script for "The Merry Gentlemen," the Netflix movie about an amateur all-male musical revue that tries to save Christmas by rescuing a local diner, he gave an "immediate,

Isabella Soares of Collider gives The Merry Gentlemen a slightly better 7 out of 10, writing that it’s a bit of a spicy spin on the ever-present holiday romance but still hits all the clichés. While there’s a little more skin than you’d typically see on Hallmark, the dancers’ act is too hilarious to ever be considered sensual. The critic says:

Set to an EDM remix of “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen,” these beefcakes stomp around the stage, flexing their considerable muscles, thrusting their pelvis, shedding their high-visibility vests, and, at one point, caresses their crotch with a string of Christmas lights.

Chad Michael Murray is baring it all in more ways than one ahead of his new Netflix film 'The Merry Gentlemen.' The 'One Tree Hill' alum stars in the Netflix holiday romcom alongside Britt Robertson,

Chad Michael Murray is baring it all in more ways than one ahead of his new Netflix film The Merry Gentlemen. The One Tree Hill alum stars in the Netflix holiday romcom alongside Britt Robertson, which follows a former big city dancer who travels home for the holidays and saves her parents’ small town performing