Exclusive! Melora Hardin on Starring in "Love, Classified" -- A Groundbreaking Hallmark Channel Movie

quotI just wasn39t really attracted to anything beforequot she continued quotBut this script was really good It was written by Lynn Sternberger who was a writer on the first season of The Bold Type the series I did that wrapped our fifth and final season last year It had such a freshness It39s modern the dialogue is fresh and it has a queer storyline Stacy N Harding who directed did a great job Hallmark was ready to expand its storytelling and kind of come to terms with some of the places they haven39t really delved into yet So I39m really really proud to be a part of that and of them as they39re such an amazing company to work with I love that they are familyoriented plus this movie has a real warm feeling that goes along with the warm entertainment they put out in the worldquotLove Classified is a great example of Hallmark Channel39s new direction in telling inclusive stories What sets it apart from other recent Hallmark projects with inclusive themes is that one character is open to exploring gender fluidity concerning dating a first which excited Hardin quotThat39s what drew me to itquot she explained quotThe fact they39re taking those steps to get with current thinking modernize themselves and expand I39m all for expansion and including everything and everybody I39m constantly doing that personally and creatively It just felt right I do think it39s going to be a momentous film for them a turning pointquotThe film explores how technology now connects people along with how complicated family dynamics particularly fractured ones keep people apart Especially where her daughter Taylor Katherine McNamara pictured above with Hardin is concerned quotMy character author Emilia Bloom is this whirlwind of a personalityquot Hardin explained quotShe39s dealt with a lot of heartbreak and the way she handles it manifests in her body Not dealing with it and sort of cutting off from the people that she loves is really interesting and a very true kind of place to look at love It39s a different vantage point to come into the story the love the lack thereof or just the healing that needs to take place around the heart that39s really what it39s aboutquotAll the characters have to kind of come to terms with their own heartbreak and how not dealing with it has made them do strange thingsquot she added quotI think that39s very true of people If they don39t deal with their real feelings and the real heartbreak they start to develop odd behaviors and make odd choices So it39s profound in that way and as I say makes it all the more realquotAs a result of her actions Hardin39s character is also dealing with her own mortality something she was also interested in exploring quotThe pandemic really forced the issuequot she reflected quotWe are living and from the moment we39re born we start losing things It39s an odd thing that in our society we are so opposed to But death is a part of life and Amelia is confronted with that and it39s a sobering experience It39s good to be sober because when you have sobriety around thoughts or around conditioning you get to have the joy of living and gratitude for life itselfquotHardin is excited about doing another Hallmark movie should the right thing come along quotI39d never say noquot she said quotI39m always one of those people that takes a project at a time so we may collaborate on other things and in other ways as well as I had a wonderful experience with themquot She recently completed work on a documentary series she directed entitled Thunder Hunter ampamp Me a fouryear passion project about healing women empowering other women and what it takes to transform trauma And after portraying an author in Love Classified she would love to add writer to her resume quotI am currently writing a book that I39ve had in my mind for like the last 15 yearsquot she admitted quotI have stacks of singlespace pages It39s really interestingquotTill then it39s back to work on ABC39s A Million Little Things reprising her role of Patricia Bloom no relation to her Hallmark character quotJoanna Kerns Growing Pains is their directing producer this yearquot she shared in closing quotShe39s just wonderful and as I39m doing a lot more directing it39s super fun to spend time with her Patricia is a fun character and in these episodes at the end of this season you get to see a different side of her Patricia and her daughter Maggie Allison Miller might even find a way to come together after the tension and friction of the past seasonquotLove Classified is telecast Saturday April 16 at 8 pm on Hallmark Channel as part of their Spring Into Love programming eventClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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