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Three Hallmark hunks recently opened up about Candace Cameron Bure jumping ship to become an executive at Great American Family. Three Wise Men and a Baby stars Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell were recently interviewed by Vulture about a new feature for Hallmark Channel.
Hallmark hunks open up on Candace Cameron Bure exit
Speaking to Vulture of their fame with Hallmark viewers, Paul Campbell said, “Our faces have become synonymous with the idea of Christmas. If you want that feeling, and if you want us, you have to go to Hallmark.”
Meanwhile, the three actors hope to do a spiritual sequel to Three Wise Men and a Baby. Apparently, there are several ideas currently in the mix “based on classic trios.” While Hallmark fans would obviously love this, the hunts are in no rush as they are in it for the long haul.
Moreover, while it has been a while since Bure jumped ship to Great American Family, she is still a subject of controversy. Andrew, Tyler and Paul brought up the subject and Bure’s claim that Hallmark has “basically a completely different network” with its new leadership.
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Readers may recall the controversy that raged after Bure basically said she preferred Great American Family while supporting “traditional marriage.”
What did Andrew, Tyler and Paul have to say?
“I think it was just a good excuse to cover up an opportunity she had somewhere else. Whether she thought she had it less at Hallmark because she’s an executive now over at Great American Family, I don’t know. That’s the way I took it.” Walker said.
Tyler then spoke up, saying he couldn’t imagine how complicated or nuanced her relationship was or wasn’t, adding:
All I know is, for us, it’s very simple why we’re here. We know what we’re doing. I don’t want to speak for you guys, but I certainly know why I’m here.
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When the guys said he could speak for them, Tyler added, “That was the intention from the beginning. We want to see the same things you’re talking about – diversity of storytelling. Because things have to evolve.”
‘Trickledown effect’
Meanwhile, Walker added that Hallmark has created a culture that has a trickle-down effect from the top, adding:
You get somebody like Lisa Hamilton at the top, who replaced Bill Abbott, who’s now making these choices that are affecting the network. The formula is pretty sound. I don’t think we need to sit here and go, ‘Oh, one network is better than the next.’
When asked if the actors feel there is competition between Hallmark and GAC, Andrew said that he doesn’t know who else can do what they do, adding:
Even if we have shortcomings and perhaps other places do certain things better or have more money, I don’t know how our style gets duplicated somewhere else in quite the same way. It’s like comparing apples to oranges.
Meanwhile, Paul said he thinks competition implies that viewers are going elsewhere because somebody else is doing what Hallmark is doing. However, he said he you look at the numbers this season, viewership is up. Paul added that there is plenty of space for people to produce and tell similar stories and he doesn’t believe there is competition, adding:
There’s a lot of space for people to produce and tell similar stories. But I don’t think there’s competition. Hallmark is the only place that does specifically what Hallmark does… Hallmark has created something that resembles an old studio system. I don’t know if there’s anywhere else where the same actors appear year after year to create that familiarity. For the actors that work in Christmas movies at Hallmark, we don’t make Christmas movies anywhere else.
Read the full interview on Vulture’s website here.
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