25 'This Is Us' facts only a superfan would know
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Series creator Dan Fogelman knows how the show will end.
"I do, yes," he told in 2017, while also warning fans that he plans to continue the show for a limited amount of seasons. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I think I kind of know what the next four or five or six seasons look like of this show. I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t have every single moment planned out but I know where the big moves are for the show in every season. Because this show plays [with] time so much, you need to have a plan.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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"This Is Us" was initially envisioned as a movie.
Fogelman first wrote "This Is Us" as a feature film, with Jack and Rebecca Pearson giving birth to octuplets. But the project 바카라 게임 웹사이트never felt like a movie,바카라 게임 웹사이트 as he told and he later realized the story was better suited for the small screen.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The reason I was struggling with [the film] wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t the plot; it was about these characters and how I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t want to 바카라 게임 웹사이트beginning-middle- and-end바카라 게임 웹사이트 them,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I wanted to do this continuous story 바카라 게임 웹사이트which felt very much like the theme of the show.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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"This Is Us" wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t the original title.
"It was originally called '36,' which is the age they're all turning at the beginning," Fogelman told of the first title, which he says he and other executives never liked.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I came up with 'This Is Us,' I think, when I was in editorial. I decided I liked how it looked at the beginning [of the show], and I put it in there. But, there was a lot of debate over what the title of the show was gonna be."
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Mandy Moore is the youngest core cast member, despite playing one of the oldest characters.
On the show, Moore plays the Pearson family matriarch, Rebecca, from the ages of 27 to 66. But in real life she바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually the youngest of the core cast at 34, younger than all three of the actors who play her kids.
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Milo Ventimiglia donated his real car to production.
You know the Chevelle that Jack drives his kids around on the show? That바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually Ventimiglia바카라 게임 웹사이트s real car, which he gave to production. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They were looking for a Camaro, and I was like 'you can't put Jack Pearson in a Camaro!'바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told .
After realizing it was period appropriate, he decided to give up the car on one condition. "I go, 'Okay, well you can use my car no problem, but whatever you바카라 게임 웹사이트re going to pay me for it goes back to coffee trucks and burger trucks for the crew,바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
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The show created extra security measures to ensure that details of Jack바카라 게임 웹사이트s deaths didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t leak.
The circumstances surrounding Jack바카라 게임 웹사이트s death became such a huge event in season two that the show had to pull out all the stops to keep it from leaking. Per , script pages were redacted, codenames were employed and everyone from crew members to extras had to sign nondisclosure agreements. Scenes were also shot out of order to throw off paparazzi.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It wasn't like this last year,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Moore told THR at the time. "It's like suddenly we're on 'Lost.'"
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Writers incorporated Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s love for singing after discovering Chrissy Metz바카라 게임 웹사이트s voice.
"When the producers found out Chrissy Metz could sing, they immediately had to put that in,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Chris Sullivan, who plays Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s husband Toby, said, via . 바카라 게임 웹사이트She sang live on-set twice, they recorded it, and that바카라 게임 웹사이트s what you saw on television.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Justin Hartley바카라 게임 웹사이트s real-life wedding took place at the same venue as Kevin바카라 게임 웹사이트s rehab scenes.
That rehab where Kevin underwent treatment and therapy for his alcohol addiction? It바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually Malibu바카라 게임 웹사이트s Casamigos Ranch 바카라 게임 웹사이트 which, oddly enough, is also where Kevin바카라 게임 웹사이트s real-life counterpart got married.
바카라 게임 웹사이트He had to do this brutally intense scene from the show where his character is lashing out and is torn into, and then have this really beautiful wedding in the exact same place,바카라 게임 웹사이트 executive producer Issac Aptaker told . 바카라 게임 웹사이트I think he actually spent his first night as a married man either in the room that Kevin was supposed to be staying in, or the adjacent room. It was just a weird coincidence."
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Sterling K. Brown has improvised some of Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s most poignant lines.
Brown became known in season one for adding subtle but significant tweaks to his lines, often making them even more reflective of Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s experience as an upper middle-class man of color. reports that in a scene where he and his biological dad catch the eye of a couple after arguing outside in a predominantly white neighborhood, Brown ad-libbed the line, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Just your friendly neighborhood black man.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He also threw in the line, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m still black; we gotta go,바카라 게임 웹사이트 in a scene where he and Kevin hear police sirens after getting into a fistfight in Times Square.
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Brown was also the one to suggest this fan favorite storyline.
In addition to improvising some of his lines, Brown occasionally pitches ideas to the writers. He was the one to suggest tackling the storyline of how Beth and Randall first met, which was explored further in season two.
"Very often, you choose somebody who looks like your mom, but Randall makes this conscious choice to be with a black woman,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told ahead of the sophomore season. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And I really want us to explore that."
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Susan Kelechi Watson and Ron Cephas Jones rehearsed their pot brownie scene.
Before filming, the actors actually got together on their day off to rehearse the scene.
"Ron and I were nerds and got together that weekend [prior] and just talked about the scene," Watson said, per Glamour. "We did not eat pot brownies together! There was no pot in the brownies on-set, either!
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Metz was one of two very different final candidates for the role of Kate.
As revealed, both women only had a few credits to their name, but represented 바카라 게임 웹사이트very different ideas of what passes for heavy on television.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Producers ultimately decided Metz brought more authenticity to the part and hired her. She바카라 게임 웹사이트s since been nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy.
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Brown바카라 게임 웹사이트s wife has appeared on the show.
Brown is married to fellow actor, Ryan Michelle Bathe, who actually and returned on season three, episode two (바카라 게임 웹사이트A Philadelphia Story바카라 게임 웹사이트). She made her debut in the episode, 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Pool,바카라 게임 웹사이트 as Yvette, the mother of one of young Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s friends. Yvette ends up playing a small but significant role in the Pearsons바카라 게임 웹사이트 interracial adoption journey, memorably advising Rebecca on how to cut Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s hair properly.
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Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s sister is the real-life inspiration behind Kate.
Though she and Metz haven바카라 게임 웹사이트t met in person (although they are Facebook friends), Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s sister reportedly reads every script and sends back notes, particularly around Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s storyline.
"Let me tell you, there's nothing better than telling a roomful of professional writers, 'My sister had a note on page five,바카라 게임 웹사이트" Fogelman joked to THR.
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Season premieres always take place on The Big Three바카라 게임 웹사이트s birthday.
"This Is Us" is filled with meaningful details, so it바카라 게임 웹사이트s no surprise that even the structure of its episodes has significance. Every season premiere of the show so far has taken place on August 31, also known as the shared birthday of Randall, Kate and Kevin. It바카라 게임 웹사이트s also the birthday of their late dad, Jack, which usually results in some bittersweet emotions on the day.
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Caitlin Thompson, who plays Madison, is Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s wife.
Fans will recognize Thompson as Madison, a member of Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s weight loss support group who first infuriates her and later becomes a close friend. What they may not know is that Thompson is married to Fogelman in real life. The two .
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Metz used to represent Hannah Zeile, who plays the younger version of Kate.
Zeile may look a lot like Metz, but the two share a deeper real-life connection. "I actually used to represent her when I was an agent,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Metz told . 바카라 게임 웹사이트It's full circle. Life is so crazy. I've been a huge fan of hers for as long as I've known her.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Ventimiglia first saw Moore at the premiere for "A Walk to Remember."
During an interview on The Hollywood Reporter's , Ventimiglia revealed the first time he crossed paths with future on screen wife. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The first time I laid eyes on Mandy Moore, I was at a premiere for a movie called 'A Walk to Remember' [2002],바카라 게임 웹사이트 he reminisced. 바카라 게임 웹사이트No joke, man. My buddy was running the premieres and I couldn't make it to the actual film, but he said, 'Hey, why don't you come to the party after?바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트
Ventimiglia remembers seeing Moore across the room, although he says they didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t actually meet that day.
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Ventimiglia screen-tested with three actresses 바카라 게임 웹사이트 including Moore 바카라 게임 웹사이트 during the casting of Rebecca.
It took more than a decade after that premiere for Ventimiglia to officially meet Moore. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The first time we met was at the ['This Is Us'] test,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said on Awards Chatter. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Dan [Fogelman] hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트t given me any indication of who he liked between Mandy and the two other actresses I read with. But after that reading, it was very clear that it had to be Mandy. It had to be her.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Moore says some of the season one scenes with Jack and Rebecca hit close to home.
Season one featured some brutal fights between Jack and Rebecca 바카라 게임 웹사이트 some of which Moore, who got divorced in 2016 after seven years of marriage to singer Ryan Adams, says reminded her of her past relationship.
"Sometimes it hits really close to the bone,바카라 게임 웹사이트 in 2017. "There were certain scenes and bits and pieces of this season, with Jack and Rebecca, that echoed things that I've experienced in my own life almost to a T, that just blew me away.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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There바카라 게임 웹사이트s a significant meaning behind Dr. K바카라 게임 웹사이트s name.
Dr. Katowski, played by Gerald McRaney, is named after both Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s in-laws and his favorite baseball team. 바카라 게임 웹사이트My wife바카라 게임 웹사이트s father바카라 게임 웹사이트s side of the family are Katowskis 바카라 게임 웹사이트 Polish 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and I always liked the name. So, I put that name in there for [her] side of the family,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told .
As for the character바카라 게임 웹사이트s nickname, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Dr. K.,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Fogelman said, "I바카라 게임 웹사이트m a huge New York Mets fan, so [ballplayer] Dwight Gooden was Dr. K (because the symbol for a strikeout in baseball is a K), and I always thought, 'That would be a funny thing to nickname a doctor.'바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Brown says Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s storyline with his biological dad was 바카라 게임 웹사이트cathartic바카라 게임 웹사이트 to him.
Brown, who lost his father at the age of 10, said on , 바카라 게임 웹사이트It was my entree into the character: fathers and sons. I'm glad it resonated with people, because it was cathartic for me. He added, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I felt like I got a chance to say goodbye to my dad."
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The writers바카라 게임 웹사이트 room occasionally invites speakers to share personal experiences.
Knowing the wide range of stories "This Is Us" encompasses, Fogelman made it a point to assemble a writer바카라 게임 웹사이트s room that바카라 게임 웹사이트s diverse in age, race, gender, etc. But there are still times when the writers lack firsthand knowledge of some of the experiences they바카라 게임 웹사이트re writing about. In those cases, they consult with outside speakers who are invited to the room to share their stories. Per , the show has brought in multiple people to discuss various perspectives of transracial adoption.
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Ventimiglia is basically the dad of the cast.
As No. 1 on the call sheet, Ventimiglia has taken the lead in creating a close-knit relationship among the cast and crew. The actor regularly checks in with the other actors and oversees various show-related text chains, including one just for the Pearsons. Ahead of season two, he also for every cast and crew member with the 바카라 게임 웹사이트Jack's Big Three Homes바카라 게임 웹사이트 logo on them.
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That 2018 Super Bowl episode included actual footage of Super Bowl LII.
Season two바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트Super Bowl Sunday바카라 게임 웹사이트 episode told the stories of two different Super Bowl viewings, past and present, and was specifically timed to air on NBC right after the end of Super Bowl LII. So it was a particularly impressive editing feat when the show of the real-life Super Bowl that had just aired in the episode.
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Series creator Dan Fogelman knows how the show will end.
"I do, yes," he told in 2017, while also warning fans that he plans to continue the show for a limited amount of seasons. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I think I kind of know what the next four or five or six seasons look like of this show. I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t have every single moment planned out but I know where the big moves are for the show in every season. Because this show plays [with] time so much, you need to have a plan.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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"This Is Us" was initially envisioned as a movie.
Fogelman first wrote "This Is Us" as a feature film, with Jack and Rebecca Pearson giving birth to octuplets. But the project 바카라 게임 웹사이트never felt like a movie,바카라 게임 웹사이트 as he told and he later realized the story was better suited for the small screen.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The reason I was struggling with [the film] wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t the plot; it was about these characters and how I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t want to 바카라 게임 웹사이트beginning-middle- and-end바카라 게임 웹사이트 them,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I wanted to do this continuous story 바카라 게임 웹사이트which felt very much like the theme of the show.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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"This Is Us" wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t the original title.
"It was originally called '36,' which is the age they're all turning at the beginning," Fogelman told of the first title, which he says he and other executives never liked.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I came up with 'This Is Us,' I think, when I was in editorial. I decided I liked how it looked at the beginning [of the show], and I put it in there. But, there was a lot of debate over what the title of the show was gonna be."
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Mandy Moore is the youngest core cast member, despite playing one of the oldest characters.
On the show, Moore plays the Pearson family matriarch, Rebecca, from the ages of 27 to 66. But in real life she바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually the youngest of the core cast at 34, younger than all three of the actors who play her kids.
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Milo Ventimiglia donated his real car to production.
You know the Chevelle that Jack drives his kids around on the show? That바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually Ventimiglia바카라 게임 웹사이트s real car, which he gave to production. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They were looking for a Camaro, and I was like 'you can't put Jack Pearson in a Camaro!'바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told .
After realizing it was period appropriate, he decided to give up the car on one condition. "I go, 'Okay, well you can use my car no problem, but whatever you바카라 게임 웹사이트re going to pay me for it goes back to coffee trucks and burger trucks for the crew,바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
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The show created extra security measures to ensure that details of Jack바카라 게임 웹사이트s deaths didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t leak.
The circumstances surrounding Jack바카라 게임 웹사이트s death became such a huge event in season two that the show had to pull out all the stops to keep it from leaking. Per , script pages were redacted, codenames were employed and everyone from crew members to extras had to sign nondisclosure agreements. Scenes were also shot out of order to throw off paparazzi.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It wasn't like this last year,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Moore told THR at the time. "It's like suddenly we're on 'Lost.'"
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Writers incorporated Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s love for singing after discovering Chrissy Metz바카라 게임 웹사이트s voice.
"When the producers found out Chrissy Metz could sing, they immediately had to put that in,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Chris Sullivan, who plays Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s husband Toby, said, via . 바카라 게임 웹사이트She sang live on-set twice, they recorded it, and that바카라 게임 웹사이트s what you saw on television.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Justin Hartley바카라 게임 웹사이트s real-life wedding took place at the same venue as Kevin바카라 게임 웹사이트s rehab scenes.
That rehab where Kevin underwent treatment and therapy for his alcohol addiction? It바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually Malibu바카라 게임 웹사이트s Casamigos Ranch 바카라 게임 웹사이트 which, oddly enough, is also where Kevin바카라 게임 웹사이트s real-life counterpart got married.
바카라 게임 웹사이트He had to do this brutally intense scene from the show where his character is lashing out and is torn into, and then have this really beautiful wedding in the exact same place,바카라 게임 웹사이트 executive producer Issac Aptaker told . 바카라 게임 웹사이트I think he actually spent his first night as a married man either in the room that Kevin was supposed to be staying in, or the adjacent room. It was just a weird coincidence."
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Sterling K. Brown has improvised some of Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s most poignant lines.
Brown became known in season one for adding subtle but significant tweaks to his lines, often making them even more reflective of Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s experience as an upper middle-class man of color. reports that in a scene where he and his biological dad catch the eye of a couple after arguing outside in a predominantly white neighborhood, Brown ad-libbed the line, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Just your friendly neighborhood black man.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He also threw in the line, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m still black; we gotta go,바카라 게임 웹사이트 in a scene where he and Kevin hear police sirens after getting into a fistfight in Times Square.
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Brown was also the one to suggest this fan favorite storyline.
In addition to improvising some of his lines, Brown occasionally pitches ideas to the writers. He was the one to suggest tackling the storyline of how Beth and Randall first met, which was explored further in season two.
"Very often, you choose somebody who looks like your mom, but Randall makes this conscious choice to be with a black woman,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told ahead of the sophomore season. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And I really want us to explore that."
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Susan Kelechi Watson and Ron Cephas Jones rehearsed their pot brownie scene.
Before filming, the actors actually got together on their day off to rehearse the scene.
"Ron and I were nerds and got together that weekend [prior] and just talked about the scene," Watson said, per Glamour. "We did not eat pot brownies together! There was no pot in the brownies on-set, either!
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Metz was one of two very different final candidates for the role of Kate.
As revealed, both women only had a few credits to their name, but represented 바카라 게임 웹사이트very different ideas of what passes for heavy on television.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Producers ultimately decided Metz brought more authenticity to the part and hired her. She바카라 게임 웹사이트s since been nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy.
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Brown바카라 게임 웹사이트s wife has appeared on the show.
Brown is married to fellow actor, Ryan Michelle Bathe, who actually and returned on season three, episode two (바카라 게임 웹사이트A Philadelphia Story바카라 게임 웹사이트). She made her debut in the episode, 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Pool,바카라 게임 웹사이트 as Yvette, the mother of one of young Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s friends. Yvette ends up playing a small but significant role in the Pearsons바카라 게임 웹사이트 interracial adoption journey, memorably advising Rebecca on how to cut Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s hair properly.
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Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s sister is the real-life inspiration behind Kate.
Though she and Metz haven바카라 게임 웹사이트t met in person (although they are Facebook friends), Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s sister reportedly reads every script and sends back notes, particularly around Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s storyline.
"Let me tell you, there's nothing better than telling a roomful of professional writers, 'My sister had a note on page five,바카라 게임 웹사이트" Fogelman joked to THR.
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Season premieres always take place on The Big Three바카라 게임 웹사이트s birthday.
"This Is Us" is filled with meaningful details, so it바카라 게임 웹사이트s no surprise that even the structure of its episodes has significance. Every season premiere of the show so far has taken place on August 31, also known as the shared birthday of Randall, Kate and Kevin. It바카라 게임 웹사이트s also the birthday of their late dad, Jack, which usually results in some bittersweet emotions on the day.
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Caitlin Thompson, who plays Madison, is Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s wife.
Fans will recognize Thompson as Madison, a member of Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s weight loss support group who first infuriates her and later becomes a close friend. What they may not know is that Thompson is married to Fogelman in real life. The two .
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Metz used to represent Hannah Zeile, who plays the younger version of Kate.
Zeile may look a lot like Metz, but the two share a deeper real-life connection. "I actually used to represent her when I was an agent,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Metz told . 바카라 게임 웹사이트It's full circle. Life is so crazy. I've been a huge fan of hers for as long as I've known her.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Ventimiglia first saw Moore at the premiere for "A Walk to Remember."
During an interview on The Hollywood Reporter's , Ventimiglia revealed the first time he crossed paths with future on screen wife. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The first time I laid eyes on Mandy Moore, I was at a premiere for a movie called 'A Walk to Remember' [2002],바카라 게임 웹사이트 he reminisced. 바카라 게임 웹사이트No joke, man. My buddy was running the premieres and I couldn't make it to the actual film, but he said, 'Hey, why don't you come to the party after?바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트
Ventimiglia remembers seeing Moore across the room, although he says they didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t actually meet that day.
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Ventimiglia screen-tested with three actresses 바카라 게임 웹사이트 including Moore 바카라 게임 웹사이트 during the casting of Rebecca.
It took more than a decade after that premiere for Ventimiglia to officially meet Moore. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The first time we met was at the ['This Is Us'] test,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said on Awards Chatter. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Dan [Fogelman] hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트t given me any indication of who he liked between Mandy and the two other actresses I read with. But after that reading, it was very clear that it had to be Mandy. It had to be her.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Moore says some of the season one scenes with Jack and Rebecca hit close to home.
Season one featured some brutal fights between Jack and Rebecca 바카라 게임 웹사이트 some of which Moore, who got divorced in 2016 after seven years of marriage to singer Ryan Adams, says reminded her of her past relationship.
"Sometimes it hits really close to the bone,바카라 게임 웹사이트 in 2017. "There were certain scenes and bits and pieces of this season, with Jack and Rebecca, that echoed things that I've experienced in my own life almost to a T, that just blew me away.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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There바카라 게임 웹사이트s a significant meaning behind Dr. K바카라 게임 웹사이트s name.
Dr. Katowski, played by Gerald McRaney, is named after both Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s in-laws and his favorite baseball team. 바카라 게임 웹사이트My wife바카라 게임 웹사이트s father바카라 게임 웹사이트s side of the family are Katowskis 바카라 게임 웹사이트 Polish 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and I always liked the name. So, I put that name in there for [her] side of the family,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told .
As for the character바카라 게임 웹사이트s nickname, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Dr. K.,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Fogelman said, "I바카라 게임 웹사이트m a huge New York Mets fan, so [ballplayer] Dwight Gooden was Dr. K (because the symbol for a strikeout in baseball is a K), and I always thought, 'That would be a funny thing to nickname a doctor.'바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Brown says Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s storyline with his biological dad was 바카라 게임 웹사이트cathartic바카라 게임 웹사이트 to him.
Brown, who lost his father at the age of 10, said on , 바카라 게임 웹사이트It was my entree into the character: fathers and sons. I'm glad it resonated with people, because it was cathartic for me. He added, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I felt like I got a chance to say goodbye to my dad."
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The writers바카라 게임 웹사이트 room occasionally invites speakers to share personal experiences.
Knowing the wide range of stories "This Is Us" encompasses, Fogelman made it a point to assemble a writer바카라 게임 웹사이트s room that바카라 게임 웹사이트s diverse in age, race, gender, etc. But there are still times when the writers lack firsthand knowledge of some of the experiences they바카라 게임 웹사이트re writing about. In those cases, they consult with outside speakers who are invited to the room to share their stories. Per , the show has brought in multiple people to discuss various perspectives of transracial adoption.
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Ventimiglia is basically the dad of the cast.
As No. 1 on the call sheet, Ventimiglia has taken the lead in creating a close-knit relationship among the cast and crew. The actor regularly checks in with the other actors and oversees various show-related text chains, including one just for the Pearsons. Ahead of season two, he also for every cast and crew member with the 바카라 게임 웹사이트Jack's Big Three Homes바카라 게임 웹사이트 logo on them.
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That 2018 Super Bowl episode included actual footage of Super Bowl LII.
Season two바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트Super Bowl Sunday바카라 게임 웹사이트 episode told the stories of two different Super Bowl viewings, past and present, and was specifically timed to air on NBC right after the end of Super Bowl LII. So it was a particularly impressive editing feat when the show of the real-life Super Bowl that had just aired in the episode.
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Series creator Dan Fogelman knows how the show will end.
"I do, yes," he told in 2017, while also warning fans that he plans to continue the show for a limited amount of seasons. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I think I kind of know what the next four or five or six seasons look like of this show. I don바카라 게임 웹사이트t have every single moment planned out but I know where the big moves are for the show in every season. Because this show plays [with] time so much, you need to have a plan.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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"This Is Us" was initially envisioned as a movie.
Fogelman first wrote "This Is Us" as a feature film, with Jack and Rebecca Pearson giving birth to octuplets. But the project 바카라 게임 웹사이트never felt like a movie,바카라 게임 웹사이트 as he told and he later realized the story was better suited for the small screen.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The reason I was struggling with [the film] wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t the plot; it was about these characters and how I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t want to 바카라 게임 웹사이트beginning-middle- and-end바카라 게임 웹사이트 them,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I wanted to do this continuous story 바카라 게임 웹사이트which felt very much like the theme of the show.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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"This Is Us" wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t the original title.
"It was originally called '36,' which is the age they're all turning at the beginning," Fogelman told of the first title, which he says he and other executives never liked.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I came up with 'This Is Us,' I think, when I was in editorial. I decided I liked how it looked at the beginning [of the show], and I put it in there. But, there was a lot of debate over what the title of the show was gonna be."
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Mandy Moore is the youngest core cast member, despite playing one of the oldest characters.
On the show, Moore plays the Pearson family matriarch, Rebecca, from the ages of 27 to 66. But in real life she바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually the youngest of the core cast at 34, younger than all three of the actors who play her kids.
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Milo Ventimiglia donated his real car to production.
You know the Chevelle that Jack drives his kids around on the show? That바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually Ventimiglia바카라 게임 웹사이트s real car, which he gave to production. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They were looking for a Camaro, and I was like 'you can't put Jack Pearson in a Camaro!'바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told .
After realizing it was period appropriate, he decided to give up the car on one condition. "I go, 'Okay, well you can use my car no problem, but whatever you바카라 게임 웹사이트re going to pay me for it goes back to coffee trucks and burger trucks for the crew,바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
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The show created extra security measures to ensure that details of Jack바카라 게임 웹사이트s deaths didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t leak.
The circumstances surrounding Jack바카라 게임 웹사이트s death became such a huge event in season two that the show had to pull out all the stops to keep it from leaking. Per , script pages were redacted, codenames were employed and everyone from crew members to extras had to sign nondisclosure agreements. Scenes were also shot out of order to throw off paparazzi.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It wasn't like this last year,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Moore told THR at the time. "It's like suddenly we're on 'Lost.'"
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Writers incorporated Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s love for singing after discovering Chrissy Metz바카라 게임 웹사이트s voice.
"When the producers found out Chrissy Metz could sing, they immediately had to put that in,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Chris Sullivan, who plays Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s husband Toby, said, via . 바카라 게임 웹사이트She sang live on-set twice, they recorded it, and that바카라 게임 웹사이트s what you saw on television.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Justin Hartley바카라 게임 웹사이트s real-life wedding took place at the same venue as Kevin바카라 게임 웹사이트s rehab scenes.
That rehab where Kevin underwent treatment and therapy for his alcohol addiction? It바카라 게임 웹사이트s actually Malibu바카라 게임 웹사이트s Casamigos Ranch 바카라 게임 웹사이트 which, oddly enough, is also where Kevin바카라 게임 웹사이트s real-life counterpart got married.
바카라 게임 웹사이트He had to do this brutally intense scene from the show where his character is lashing out and is torn into, and then have this really beautiful wedding in the exact same place,바카라 게임 웹사이트 executive producer Issac Aptaker told . 바카라 게임 웹사이트I think he actually spent his first night as a married man either in the room that Kevin was supposed to be staying in, or the adjacent room. It was just a weird coincidence."
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Sterling K. Brown has improvised some of Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s most poignant lines.
Brown became known in season one for adding subtle but significant tweaks to his lines, often making them even more reflective of Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s experience as an upper middle-class man of color. reports that in a scene where he and his biological dad catch the eye of a couple after arguing outside in a predominantly white neighborhood, Brown ad-libbed the line, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Just your friendly neighborhood black man.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He also threw in the line, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m still black; we gotta go,바카라 게임 웹사이트 in a scene where he and Kevin hear police sirens after getting into a fistfight in Times Square.
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Brown was also the one to suggest this fan favorite storyline.
In addition to improvising some of his lines, Brown occasionally pitches ideas to the writers. He was the one to suggest tackling the storyline of how Beth and Randall first met, which was explored further in season two.
"Very often, you choose somebody who looks like your mom, but Randall makes this conscious choice to be with a black woman,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told ahead of the sophomore season. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And I really want us to explore that."
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Susan Kelechi Watson and Ron Cephas Jones rehearsed their pot brownie scene.
Before filming, the actors actually got together on their day off to rehearse the scene.
"Ron and I were nerds and got together that weekend [prior] and just talked about the scene," Watson said, per Glamour. "We did not eat pot brownies together! There was no pot in the brownies on-set, either!
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Metz was one of two very different final candidates for the role of Kate.
As revealed, both women only had a few credits to their name, but represented 바카라 게임 웹사이트very different ideas of what passes for heavy on television.바카라 게임 웹사이트 Producers ultimately decided Metz brought more authenticity to the part and hired her. She바카라 게임 웹사이트s since been nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy.
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Brown바카라 게임 웹사이트s wife has appeared on the show.
Brown is married to fellow actor, Ryan Michelle Bathe, who actually and returned on season three, episode two (바카라 게임 웹사이트A Philadelphia Story바카라 게임 웹사이트). She made her debut in the episode, 바카라 게임 웹사이트The Pool,바카라 게임 웹사이트 as Yvette, the mother of one of young Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s friends. Yvette ends up playing a small but significant role in the Pearsons바카라 게임 웹사이트 interracial adoption journey, memorably advising Rebecca on how to cut Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s hair properly.
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Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s sister is the real-life inspiration behind Kate.
Though she and Metz haven바카라 게임 웹사이트t met in person (although they are Facebook friends), Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s sister reportedly reads every script and sends back notes, particularly around Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s storyline.
"Let me tell you, there's nothing better than telling a roomful of professional writers, 'My sister had a note on page five,바카라 게임 웹사이트" Fogelman joked to THR.
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Season premieres always take place on The Big Three바카라 게임 웹사이트s birthday.
"This Is Us" is filled with meaningful details, so it바카라 게임 웹사이트s no surprise that even the structure of its episodes has significance. Every season premiere of the show so far has taken place on August 31, also known as the shared birthday of Randall, Kate and Kevin. It바카라 게임 웹사이트s also the birthday of their late dad, Jack, which usually results in some bittersweet emotions on the day.
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Caitlin Thompson, who plays Madison, is Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s wife.
Fans will recognize Thompson as Madison, a member of Kate바카라 게임 웹사이트s weight loss support group who first infuriates her and later becomes a close friend. What they may not know is that Thompson is married to Fogelman in real life. The two .
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Metz used to represent Hannah Zeile, who plays the younger version of Kate.
Zeile may look a lot like Metz, but the two share a deeper real-life connection. "I actually used to represent her when I was an agent,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Metz told . 바카라 게임 웹사이트It's full circle. Life is so crazy. I've been a huge fan of hers for as long as I've known her.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Ventimiglia first saw Moore at the premiere for "A Walk to Remember."
During an interview on The Hollywood Reporter's , Ventimiglia revealed the first time he crossed paths with future on screen wife. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The first time I laid eyes on Mandy Moore, I was at a premiere for a movie called 'A Walk to Remember' [2002],바카라 게임 웹사이트 he reminisced. 바카라 게임 웹사이트No joke, man. My buddy was running the premieres and I couldn't make it to the actual film, but he said, 'Hey, why don't you come to the party after?바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트
Ventimiglia remembers seeing Moore across the room, although he says they didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t actually meet that day.
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Ventimiglia screen-tested with three actresses 바카라 게임 웹사이트 including Moore 바카라 게임 웹사이트 during the casting of Rebecca.
It took more than a decade after that premiere for Ventimiglia to officially meet Moore. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The first time we met was at the ['This Is Us'] test,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said on Awards Chatter. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Dan [Fogelman] hadn바카라 게임 웹사이트t given me any indication of who he liked between Mandy and the two other actresses I read with. But after that reading, it was very clear that it had to be Mandy. It had to be her.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Moore says some of the season one scenes with Jack and Rebecca hit close to home.
Season one featured some brutal fights between Jack and Rebecca 바카라 게임 웹사이트 some of which Moore, who got divorced in 2016 after seven years of marriage to singer Ryan Adams, says reminded her of her past relationship.
"Sometimes it hits really close to the bone,바카라 게임 웹사이트 in 2017. "There were certain scenes and bits and pieces of this season, with Jack and Rebecca, that echoed things that I've experienced in my own life almost to a T, that just blew me away.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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There바카라 게임 웹사이트s a significant meaning behind Dr. K바카라 게임 웹사이트s name.
Dr. Katowski, played by Gerald McRaney, is named after both Fogelman바카라 게임 웹사이트s in-laws and his favorite baseball team. 바카라 게임 웹사이트My wife바카라 게임 웹사이트s father바카라 게임 웹사이트s side of the family are Katowskis 바카라 게임 웹사이트 Polish 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and I always liked the name. So, I put that name in there for [her] side of the family,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he told .
As for the character바카라 게임 웹사이트s nickname, 바카라 게임 웹사이트Dr. K.,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Fogelman said, "I바카라 게임 웹사이트m a huge New York Mets fan, so [ballplayer] Dwight Gooden was Dr. K (because the symbol for a strikeout in baseball is a K), and I always thought, 'That would be a funny thing to nickname a doctor.'바카라 게임 웹사이트
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Brown says Randall바카라 게임 웹사이트s storyline with his biological dad was 바카라 게임 웹사이트cathartic바카라 게임 웹사이트 to him.
Brown, who lost his father at the age of 10, said on , 바카라 게임 웹사이트It was my entree into the character: fathers and sons. I'm glad it resonated with people, because it was cathartic for me. He added, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I felt like I got a chance to say goodbye to my dad."
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The writers바카라 게임 웹사이트 room occasionally invites speakers to share personal experiences.
Knowing the wide range of stories "This Is Us" encompasses, Fogelman made it a point to assemble a writer바카라 게임 웹사이트s room that바카라 게임 웹사이트s diverse in age, race, gender, etc. But there are still times when the writers lack firsthand knowledge of some of the experiences they바카라 게임 웹사이트re writing about. In those cases, they consult with outside speakers who are invited to the room to share their stories. Per , the show has brought in multiple people to discuss various perspectives of transracial adoption.
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Ventimiglia is basically the dad of the cast.
As No. 1 on the call sheet, Ventimiglia has taken the lead in creating a close-knit relationship among the cast and crew. The actor regularly checks in with the other actors and oversees various show-related text chains, including one just for the Pearsons. Ahead of season two, he also for every cast and crew member with the 바카라 게임 웹사이트Jack's Big Three Homes바카라 게임 웹사이트 logo on them.
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That 2018 Super Bowl episode included actual footage of Super Bowl LII.
Season two바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트Super Bowl Sunday바카라 게임 웹사이트 episode told the stories of two different Super Bowl viewings, past and present, and was specifically timed to air on NBC right after the end of Super Bowl LII. So it was a particularly impressive editing feat when the show of the real-life Super Bowl that had just aired in the episode.
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Now that "This Is Us" is back on TV, we know exactly where we바카라 게임 웹사이트ll be every Tuesday night: glued to our screens, laughing and crying along with the Pearsons. Every season of NBC바카라 게임 웹사이트s emotional family drama is filled with new questions and details for fans to pore over and analyze. But not all the good stuff happens on screen 바카라 게임 웹사이트 the making of the show is just as fascinating. From the debate over the show바카라 게임 웹사이트s title to the cast member known for improvising lines, here are some facts about "This Is Us" that every super fan should know.