Memory has played a key role in the presentation of 'This Is Us,' and for next season, it may be key for Mandy Moore's character, Rebecca, as well.
Mandy Moore describes herself as “lucky” many times during a recent call from her Pasadena home, and she’s not just tossing the word around lightly. Five years ago, the singer-actress, newly divorced, hadn’t made a new record in half a decade. Aside from the animated feature “Tangled,” her movies had yet to surpass the commercial success of 2002 teen romance “A Walk to Remember.” And on the network TV front, Moore was beginning to wonder if she should call it quits.
Then came “This Is Us.” “I read the pilot script and my jaw was on the ground,” she says. “It was unlike anything I’d read before.” Moore auditioned for the role of Rebecca Pearson, mother of three, and six weeks later got a call back to read with Milo Ventimiglia as her husband, Jack. “It’s the easiest thing in the world to have chemistry with Milo,” she says with a laugh. “I remember at the audition he asked me if it was OK if he nuzzled my neck. He’s such a gentleman.
having worked on the show’s fifth season under COVID-19 protocols until she was 9½ months pregnant. She says, “I felt pretty strong and healthy, so I was like, 'Let me in, coach. I want to keep going!’”Moore, who concealed her pregnancy on the series with loose clothing, strategically placed props and the occasional digital removal of her baby bump, had good reason to persevere. “I’ve never been part of a project before that resonated so deeply with people,” she says.
Moore, 37, used her own experience to infuse Rebecca with a depth that might have been lacking earlier in her career. “Until the last couple of years,” she muses, “I don’t think I would have had a real idea of who I was, or what I deserved, or what family really means to me, or who I wanted to be as a mother and as a partner. I wouldn’t have been able to bring a fully realized vision of that stuff to the show.
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