Hallmark Channel is making history this month with its newest holiday film The Christmas House, marking the first time the network will air an original movie featuring an LGBTQ+ storyline.
The film’s stars Robert Buckley and Jonathan Bennett spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the importance of highlighting an LGBTQ+ relationship in the movie, as well as the inspiration behind the film.
The two actors play brothers Mike (Buckley) and Brandon Mitchell (Bennett) who, in the film, are summoned back home for the holidays by their parents Phylis (Sharon Lawrence) and Bill (Treat Williams), to relive a family tradition of turning their house into a Christmas wonderland.