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Dan Fogelman and Us | The Creator

That Was Us

That Was Us

Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Dan Fogelman (This Is Us, Tangled, Cars, Fred Claus, Crazy, Stupid, Love) is a legend around here. He brought us the Pearsons, and he brought us together! Dan joins us to discuss what went into writing the show, and how he was able to surprise us with bombshell reveals and leave us hanging week after week. Mandy, Sterling, Chris, and Dan talk about the evolution of the Pearson’s stories through time, the process of filming when working with kids who grow up fast, and the importance of weaving in the historical moments that were happening in real-time as filming took place. Follow That Was Us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, and X! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to a very very special episode of That Was Us.

0:07.0

I'm Mandy Moore.

0:08.0

I'm Chris Sullivan.

0:09.0

I'm Sterling Brown. You can put the K in there if you want to. It's all good. I'll do it.

0:14.0

Always. Always gotta add the K.

0:17.0

Always gotta add the K.

0:18.0

We have a special episode because today we have a special guest.

0:21.0

We're not gonna be discussing any one particular episode of the show,

0:25.1

but we are gonna be talking to the creator of the show

0:28.0

I'm Mr Dan Fogel.

0:29.1

The man, the myth, the legend.

0:31.8

spoiler alert, we will discuss like all seasons to a certain extent.

0:36.0

So if you haven't watched everything, you can come back to this episode when you have.

0:40.0

Listen at your discretion, as they say. So without further ado, let's get into it with Dan.

0:45.6

Let's get into it.

0:46.6

Let's get into it. Are we're ready to go?

1:00.0

Are we ready to go? Are we ready to go?

1:02.0

We're rolling.

1:03.0

All right.

1:04.0

We're rolling.

1:05.0

So today, welcome back everyone to that was us.

1:10.0

We're here with the lovely Amanda Lee Moore my man Christopher Sullivan. I'm Sterling Brown and we have a special guest today

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