16, on Lifetime, “ A Christmas to Treasure” follows six childhood friends who reunite in their hometown for one final holiday treasure hunt, where sparks fly once more between Austin Craig (Taylor Frey), a guarded brand strategist, and his former best friend, Everett Matthews (Kyle Dean Massey). “It was important that the actor was openly gay and out it was important to me that we were able to tell the story loud and proud,” Bennett said. He played a key role in all areas of the production, especially the casting of Krissa, a Toronto-based theater actor who brought the right combination of humor, charm and physicality to his self-tape audition. “It is not a movie for just the queer community it’s a movie for everyone - that happens to have two men as the leads,” Bennett told NBC News.īennett, as an executive producer, originally came up with the idea of a “gay ‘Uncle Buck’ for Hallmark” on the set of another holiday movie three years ago. Jonathan Bennett, left, George Krissa and Mila Morgan in "The Holiday Sitter." Hallmark ![]() ![]() But from the outset, Bennett was insistent on telling a story that was rooted in love and family - whether that be one’s chosen or biological family - that would resonate with a wider audience. The made-for-TV movie is Hallmark’s first holiday rom-com to center an LGBTQ couple.
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