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    With 'Bros,' Luke Macfarlane proves he's a rom-com natural. (All those Hallmark movies didn't hurt)

    by Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times Sep 07, 2022 6 minutes
    Luke Macfarlane attends Hallmark Channel And Hallmark Movies And Mysteries 2019 Winter TCA Tour at Tournament House on Feb. 9, 2019, in Pasadena, California.

    Over the last decade, Luke Macfarlane has starred in more Hallmark Christmas movies than you can shake a mistletoe at, lending his square-jawed charisma to gauzy feel-good fantasies with titles like "Chateau Christmas," "A Shoe Addict's Christmas" and "Christmas in My Heart."

    But speaking by phone from Vancouver on a recent afternoon, the Canadian-born actor says the Hallmark project he's currently shooting — working title "Christmas Village," his 14th film for the network — will likely be his last.

    "They've been very good to me, but I think I've told my story for now with those folks," Macfarlane says. He lets out a self-deprecating laugh. "I mean, how many firefighters can I play?"

    At an age when many actors see their opportunities begin to dwindle, Macfarlane — previously best known for his role as Scotty Wandell on the ABC drama "Brothers & Sisters" — is enjoying an improbable late-career breakthrough. The 42-year-old actor is set to star opposite Billy Eichner in "Bros," the first romantic comedy from a major studio featuring an entirely LGBTQ principal cast.

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