Hilarie Burton 'walks away' from a movie after requests for "inclusivity" ignored

Actress Hilarie Burton has claimed that she decided to walk away from a Hallmark Channel film  after her requests fro "inclusivity" were ignored.The actress said in tweet:  "Just going through some old emails from a #Hallmark job I was 'let go' from back in January," she wrote. "I had insisted on a LGBTQ character, an interracial couple and diverse casting. I was polite, direct and professional. But after the execs gave their notes on the script and NONE of my Requests were honored, I was told 'take it or leave it'. I left it. And the paycheck."Responding to her statement a company spokesperson told CBS News on Tuesday that Burton "was not an employee of Crown Media Family Networks." Burton has featured  in a number of  Hallmark Channel movies that included "Summer Villa," "Surprised by Love" and "Naughty or Nice".

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