Real-life husbands to star in Lifetime’s first-ever gay Christmas film
Parks and Recreation) and Ben Lewis (Arrow).Touted as a feel-good LGBTQ holiday romance, The Christmas Setup was announced last month, after rival Hallmark announced its own Christmas film with LGBTQ leads.Read more: Mean Girls’ Jonathan Bennett will star in Hallmark’s first gay Christmas filmAccording to Lifetime, the movie’s plot will center around Hugo (Lewis), a New York corporate lawyer, who heads back home to Milwaukee, with his best friend Madelyn (Ellen Wong, GLOW) in tow, to spend time with his meddlesome matchmaking mom, Kate — who, in a dream bit of casting, will be played by The Nanny‘s Fran Drescher.Given this is a holiday film, and they all invariably revolve around people going back home and meeting old acquaintances (and,