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We’ve got all the information right here. Harder shared on his Instagram that he’s just not only excited to play the first married gay couple on Hallmark, but he’s thrilled that his real-life son gets to play his baby on screen. In real life, he’s married to Graham Arychuk. Harder’s full name in real life is Brad Harder Arychuk, but he goes by Brad Harder professionally.
‘The Christmas House’ Was Filmed in Canada
Bennett’s prolific acting background includes “Snow Falls,” “Love on Repeat,” “Christmas Made to Order,” “Awkward” (Ethan), “Hit the Floor,” “A Christmas Kiss II,” “Mean Girls,” “A Dogwalker’s Christmas Tale,” and more. He starred in two episodes of “All My Children” back in 2001 and 2002 and was in two episodes of “Veronica Mars” in 2004 at the beginning of his career. Her many previous credits include In the Dark (Sarah Barnes), Captain Marvel (Agent Whitcher), Major Crimes, Banshee (Nina Cruz), Chop Shop (Sofia), Redeemed, Castle, Phoenix Falling, Marley & Me, and more. The Hallmark Channel premiered a new Christmas movie on Sunday, November 22, called The Christmas House. This movie featured Hallmark’s first LGBTQ storyline involving one of the main characters.
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When we sat down to break this story, we were like A) let’s get Mike and Brandon head-to-head and B) have some fun with the parents. In the new tale, Mike, having bought the Christmas House from his folks to keep the legacy alive, is back in town on a break from his perfectly titled legal drama, Handsome Justice, to shoot an episode of the Christmas Light Fight-ish reality show Deck Those Halls. But when his competitor drops out of the production, it’s decided that Brandon would make the perfect replacement, seeing as how he’s both adorable and staying in the house next door. Before you can say “sibling rivalry,” the Claus, er, claws are out and the guys are driving their loved ones nuts with their over-the-top plans to take the prize.
‘The Christmas House’: See Where It Was Filmed & Meet the Cast
And I have to remember, the Christmas House took like 15 years, it got to its apex. He’s perhaps best known among Hallmark fans for his role as Mick O’Brien on Chesapeake Shores. “He was the biggest ally, cheerleader and inspiration of what being a father, actor and person to have in this life. He played a dad to so many people over the years, what an incredible gift we got to get Treat!
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The Christmas House is a made-for-television film produced for the Hallmark Channel. A Christmas-themed comedy-drama, it was directed by Michael Grossman. It features an ensemble cast, including Sharon Lawrence and Treat Williams as a wife and husband who invite their two adult sons (played by Robert Buckley and Jonathan Bennett) to come back home for Christmas and recreate a past family tradition. I have never met someone like Treat, being around him is like lightning in a bottle. All he wanted to do is make you laugh and entertain you, he’s was the definition of a showman.
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‘The Christmas House’ Cast Remembers Treat Williams
You may recognize Treat Williams from shows like ‘Chesapeake Shore’, ‘Chicago Fire’, and ‘American Odyssey’. Robert Buckley (‘iZombie’, ‘One Tree Hill’) plays one of the Mitchel brothers, Mike, who has lost his dream job and is currently unemployed. His character connects with his high-school crush and neighbor Andi (Ana Ayora of ‘Captain Marvel’). ‘Mean Girls’ star Jonathan Bennett plays the other Mitchel brother Brandon who, along with husband Jake (Brad Harder of ‘Aurora Teagarden Mysteries’), is stressed about the adoption of their first child. Bennett’s prolific acting background includes Snow Falls, Love on Repeat, Christmas Made to Order, Awkward (where he played Ethan), Hit the Floor, A Christmas Kiss II, Mean Girls, A Dogwalker’s Christmas Tale, and more. He starred in two episodes of All My Children back in 2001 and 2002 and was in two episodes of Veronica Mars in 2004 at the beginning of his career.
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Bennett is happily engaged to Jaymes Vaughan of “The Amazing Race.” In April, he shared the honor of being the first gay couple on the cover of The Knot. Today in BC reported that part of the movie was filmed in Sidney in mid-September, including turning Beacon Avenue into a snow-filled winter landscape. Bennett said Buckley wrote the script and came up with the idea because it was based on his real-life family. ET Canada reported that the movie was also filmed in Vancouver.
The Christmas House: Filming Location and Cast Details
Actor Treat Williams died on June 12 at the age of 71 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident near his home in Vermont, as first reported by People. He was a prolific actor, including starring in many movies and the TV series “Chesapeake Shores” for the Hallmark Channel. That is a family of four in slightly less than two months. It was insanity, this thing was nuts, but we loved it.
My love goes out to everyone that was lucky enough to have had Treat in your life. It’s funny because we did this until about up until high school. And then we sort of hit a burnout point and it was just time.
Despite these problems, the family members work together to revive their former holiday tradition. Other actors and famous friends were quick to jump in with their own messages about Williams. Lawrence also posted her own tribute to Instagram with photos from behind the scenes of “The Christmas House” and its sequel. It sounds like the cast became close and as such, they have been sharing emotional tributes to the late actor. [Laughs] Yeah, and Yesterday’s Tomorrow.
In his loving memory, tune in for a special presentation of ‘The Christmas House’ on Friday, June 16 at 8/7c ❤️,” reads the announcement. All of the local elementary schools would take field trips to our house. We were known as the Christmas House, which is how all of this got started. And actually, we were entirely an indoor house [of decorations]…we had neighbors down the street who did the outside of their house.
But something he did that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life is the hug he made sure to give Brad my TV husband as he got out of the car in our first scene. He wanted to make sure as a TV father he was on camera giving his gay son’s husband a huge hug and kiss when we showed up for Christmas. He thought it was important for other fathers watching to see the love and support between a dad and his son’s husband, it was so important to him. That’s the kind of love Treat had for all of us.
When we were writing the first, coming from that world and playing a sort of version of myself, I was like, “We have to skewer this, we have to laugh at it.” And that is where Handsome Justice came from. We thought of the most absurd idea from that genre. He also shared a funny behind-the-scenes video of Lawrence. According to IMDb, Bennett came out as gay in 2014.
“The Christmas House” re-airs on Friday, June 16 at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times on the Hallmark Channel. Williams is survived by his wife Pam Van Sant and their two children, Gille and Ellie. Ellie wrote a couple of emotional tributes to her father this week.
Not to mention that Brandon and his husband’s kids will be at that perfect age. The holiday reality show they compete in is hilarious because it’s so much like what we have actually seen these days. And the fake TV shows that you reference throughout the movie all sound vaguely like they could have been real shows back when the UPN and WB were launching — like Port Authority P.D. I am an executive producer on this one and was giving notes all along, but unlike the first one, where the writer Erin Rodman and I broke the whole story together, on this one she ran with it entirely.
The movie is re-airing on Friday, June 11 at 8 p.m. Read on to learn all about where it was filmed and to meet the cast who are bringing the movie to life. Bill (Treat Williams) and Phylis (Sharon Lawrence) have been married for many years.
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