Hollywood Legal: Hallmark Did Not Want to Cast ‘Old People’ Like Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert, Suit Claims

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Hallmark Did Not Want to Cast ‘Old People’ Like Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert, Suit Claims​

Gene Maddaus
Updated Thu, October 24, 2024 at 7:48 AM PDT·2 min read
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Hallmark executive VP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly told her staff she did not want to cast “old people,” saying they did not fit with her image for the channel, a new age discrimination lawsuit filed against the studio claims.
In the suit, Hamilton Daly is quoted as singling out Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert, who are 60 and 42 respectively, as examples of “old talent” that needed to be “replaced.” Both actors have starred in Christmas movies and shows on the Hallmark Channel.


“Lacey’s getting older and we have to find someone like her to replace her as she gets older,” Hamilton Daly allegedly said.
Of Robinson Peete, she said, “No one wants her because she’s too expensive and getting too old. She can’t play leading roles anymore,” the suit alleges.
Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director, filed the lawsuit on Oct. 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court. She alleges that she was unceremoniously fired in April after nine years with the company.
According to the complaint, Hamilton Daly repeatedly told Perry that she was “too long in the tooth,” and sought to have her removed as part of a goal of finding “new talent.”
“We need to bring in someone who knows more young talent,” the executive said, according to the suit. “Our leading ladies are aging out.”
Hallmark’s communications team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Perry is an industry veteran whose casting credits include “Cocoon,” “Young Guns” and “The NeverEnding Story.” According to her complaint, she suffers from multiple sclerosis and is legally blind in one eye. She alleges that Hallmark failed to accommodate her disability.
Perry states that she received strong annual performance evaluations, including one just two months before she was fired.
Hamilton Daly was hired as Hallmark’s executive VP of programming in September 2021, having previously worked at Netflx and A+E Networks. The suit alleges that Hamilton Daly quickly decided that Perry was “too old to work in her position and maneuvered to push her out of the company.”

She alleges that her office was moved to a different floor, she was excluded from meetings, and on one project, her casting duties were assigned to an outside consultant. After she was fired, Perry alleges the company hired a younger man to do her job.
SAG-AFTRA has long fought against age discrimination in casting, going so far as to get California lawmakers to prohibit IMDb from publishing actors’ ages. That law was thrown out in court as unconstitutional, but the union later persuaded IMDb to allow actors to remove their ages from their profiles.


 
Dunno… love me some HRP, don’t have a clue who these other people are. A fine actress, it she has never been a feature. At least Taraji got a sextape.
 
Dunno… love me some HRP, don’t have a clue who these other people are. A fine actress, it she has never been a feature. At least Taraji got a sextape.
 
Built the network using washed ass talents selling stories where poverty wasn’t a thing. This is real life, this ain’t no tv show? You watch some of these tv shows while at work as they play on a loop in these old folks homes and it hits you: white people don’t have jobs and it’s through inheritance where they develop their spending habits.
 
Ageism is real. The only thing is some idiot said the quiet part out loud. I hope they get sued for everything those women can get.
You can look at people born in the 70s who are out looking for work today. It’s tough because most of them are 45 or older.
 
If
:bravo::bravo::hellyea: Good for them. Hope they hit for a BILLION !!!!!!
Break Holly off about $800 million.....I would LOVE That !!!!
If the role calls for a young mother between 35 to 45, can Peete sue because she's too old for the role? Randall Cunningham is going to sue the Bears for age discrimination because they refuse to even let him work out for them.
 
I will allow

Hallmark Did Not Want to Cast ‘Old People’ Like Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert, Suit Claims​

Gene Maddaus
Updated Thu, October 24, 2024 at 7:48 AM PDT·2 min read
896

714dedce2f1be5dc75ad551db85254cb

Hallmark executive VP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly told her staff she did not want to cast “old people,” saying they did not fit with her image for the channel, a new age discrimination lawsuit filed against the studio claims.
In the suit, Hamilton Daly is quoted as singling out Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert, who are 60 and 42 respectively, as examples of “old talent” that needed to be “replaced.” Both actors have starred in Christmas movies and shows on the Hallmark Channel.


“Lacey’s getting older and we have to find someone like her to replace her as she gets older,” Hamilton Daly allegedly said.
Of Robinson Peete, she said, “No one wants her because she’s too expensive and getting too old. She can’t play leading roles anymore,” the suit alleges.
Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director, filed the lawsuit on Oct. 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court. She alleges that she was unceremoniously fired in April after nine years with the company.
According to the complaint, Hamilton Daly repeatedly told Perry that she was “too long in the tooth,” and sought to have her removed as part of a goal of finding “new talent.”
“We need to bring in someone who knows more young talent,” the executive said, according to the suit. “Our leading ladies are aging out.”
Hallmark’s communications team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Perry is an industry veteran whose casting credits include “Cocoon,” “Young Guns” and “The NeverEnding Story.” According to her complaint, she suffers from multiple sclerosis and is legally blind in one eye. She alleges that Hallmark failed to accommodate her disability.
Perry states that she received strong annual performance evaluations, including one just two months before she was fired.
Hamilton Daly was hired as Hallmark’s executive VP of programming in September 2021, having previously worked at Netflx and A+E Networks. The suit alleges that Hamilton Daly quickly decided that Perry was “too old to work in her position and maneuvered to push her out of the company.”

She alleges that her office was moved to a different floor, she was excluded from meetings, and on one project, her casting duties were assigned to an outside consultant. After she was fired, Perry alleges the company hired a younger man to do her job.
SAG-AFTRA has long fought against age discrimination in casting, going so far as to get California lawmakers to prohibit IMDb from publishing actors’ ages. That law was thrown out in court as unconstitutional, but the union later persuaded IMDb to allow actors to remove their ages from their profiles.


 
Lacey is 42 years old.

She is a MILF and is in the Gen X age group.

Holly is 60 and is borderline Baby Boomer/Gen X, she could easily play a grandmother of grandaunt.

Hallmark obviously has some ignorant mofos working over there.
 
Lacey is 42 years old.

She is a MILF and is in the Gen X age group.

Holly is 60 and is borderline Baby Boomer/Gen X, she could easily play a grandmother of grandaunt.

Hallmark obviously has some ignorant mofos working over there.
Technically, 42 would make her a millennial.
 
Insanity.

Lacey has been the only reason I've caught myself randomly entertaining those movies over the years. Like I can guarantee being to see her on the Hallmark channel if I wanna keep up with her. Just like shows that have Jennifer Love Hewitt. The show might be trash, but it's at least worth two seasons jus to have on the screen.

That old bat is just hating. Lacy and Holly are good money is many households. Other than movies where they get someone with a name, the movies they have are with some of the most interchangeable faces and setting of any film production. If you were high out of you mind, you'd think you were watching a one 24 hour movie.
 
That old bat is just hating. Lacy and Holly are good money is many households. Other than movies where they get someone with a name, the movies they have are with some of the most interchangeable faces and setting of any film production. If you were high out of you mind, you'd think you were watching a one 24 hour movie.
Just wonder how many times can Hallmark(or Lifetime for that matter) do the trope of"harried career woman rushes to get home for the holidays/meets a mysterious man who offers to take her there and they wind up falling for each other towards the end" :lol:
 
Isn't that what the core audience of channels like Hallmark and Lifetime older crowd, the young crowd ain't watching those channels.
 
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