‘White Collar’ season 5 spoiler: Hilarie Burton open for more work with Matt Bomer

At the end of “White Collar” last season, it appeared as though the fake engagement that happened between Neal and Sara was really going to set them on a path for a great future together. So what happened along the way? The best way that we can describe it is that Hilarie Burton became rather busy, and the show itself also went in a different sort of direction, casting Bridget Regan recently to play a new love interest for Matt Bomer’s character.

So does all of this mean that we are not going to be seeing much of Burton for a while? It is still pretty tough to say for sure, but the actress did tell TVLine in a recent interview that she is open to do some more work on the show pretty much whenever she is called on to do so:

“I talked to Matt [Bomer] and Willie [Garson] and Tiffani [Thiessen] over their hiatus and they really are the loveliest bunch of people. I never take that for granted.”

One positive way that you can try to look at the Regan casting is that the writers want to give Sara and Neal some distance, perhaps in a “distance makes the heart grow fonder” sort of way. However, the major disadvantage of such a situation comes with the following: What if Regan’s character becomes so well-liked that people really do want to see her with Neal? The show does not premiere on USA until the fall, so we do have plenty of time to wait.

Are you worried for Neal and Sara, and how soon do you want to see more of Burton on the show? If you want to read some more news on the upcoming season, all you have to do is click here.

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