Jennifer Morrison and Us | Cassidy Sharp

That Was Us

Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This week on That Was Us, we’re thrilled to be joined in studio by actor and director Jennifer Morrison, who brought Cassidy to life on This Is Us. Jennifer reflects on her journey from acting to directing, the challenges of transitioning from fantasy to grounded drama, and how This Is Us unexpectedly changed her life in a very real way. In this episode, Jennifer chats about: * Playing Cassidy across Seasons 4–6 and navigating her place within the Pearson family * The love quadrangle between Cassidy, Kevin, Zoe, and Nicky * Transitioning from Once Upon a Time to the grounded realism of This Is Us * Why she still had to audition for the role—and what that experience taught her * Her evolution from actor to director and why she feels she has more to contribute behind the camera * The intensity of shooting 100 scenes in 12 days * The challenges of proving herself as a director after years of acting * Her early experiences directing short films and her first feature, which sold to Netflix * Her time on House and the demanding pace of network television * Growing up in a marching band–focused household and how it shaped her work ethic * The surreal story of buying Dan Fogelman’s house after feeling an unexpected connection to it * What makes great writing so impactful for actors and why This Is Us scripts felt like a gift. And a friendly reminder, you can catch new episodes of That Was Us every Monday, a day early, exclusively on Hulu. Available on Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts on Tuesdays like usual!" That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith. ------------------------- Support Our Sponsors: -With Shipt, it’s never just a delivery order – it’s shopped same day – in the same way you would. Use code "podcast" to get a year of Shipt for only $49 – HALF OFF the regular $99 price – at https://Shipt.com/offer. Terms apply ------------------------- 🍋 About the Show: The stars of This Is Us, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, and Chris Sullivan, dive back into the world of the Pearsons, reliving each episode and all the life lessons that came with it. Together, they dig in and dig deep, have the tough conversations, bring in very special and familiar guests, share never-before-heard behind-the-scenes moments, and feature listeners in highly anticipated fan segments. Join your favorite family back in the living room to examine our past, cherish our present, and look to the future with new episodes of That Was Us every Tuesday. ------------------------- Executive Producers: Natalie Holysz and Rob Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Production Coordinator: Andrew Rowley Video Editor: Todd Hughlett Mix & Master: Jason Richards About Headgum: Headgum is an LA & NY-based podcast network creating premium podcasts with the funniest, most engaging voices in comedy to achieve one goal: Making our audience and ourselves laugh. Listen to our shows at https://www.headgum.com. » SUBSCRIBE to Headgum: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeadGum?sub_confirmation=1 » FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/headgum » FOLLOW us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/headgum/ » FOLLOW us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@headgum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Headgum podcast. Welcome to a very special episode of That Was Us. It's special for a lot of reasons. One, if you are watching now, you are seeing a solo Chris Sullivan introducing this episode. And you might think, well,
0:39.8	wow, maybe Mandy is at home with a norovirus because living with three children under the age of six
0:46.8	is a constant biohazard. And Sterling must be off in New York City promoting the new season of paradise.
0:56.8	But no, they are actually at home watching this episode of That Was Us on Hulu.
1:05.5	Yeah, they were like, we can't wait.
1:07.5	It was released early because this episode is now available every Monday, one day early, exclusively on Hulu. Now, don't get me wrong. Nothing else is changing. These episodes are still available on Tuesdays anywhere you get your podcasts. So don't worry about that. If you like it the way it is, you can have it the way it is.
1:29.4	So now I am here to introduce the episode on my own, which, you know, I kind of like.
1:35.2	It's kind of nice.
1:36.4	If you're watching, it's like masterpiece theater with Sully.
1:41.4	And I can say whatever I want.
1:43.8	I can throw to whoever I want.
1:45.8	I could throw to Sterling and we could show you an empty shot of nobody's sitting there.
1:50.7	What do you think, Sterling?
1:52.8	Ah, the best answer he's ever given.
1:56.1	No, but today's episode is also very special because we are interviewing Jen Morrison, the Jen Morrison, actor, director.
2:07.1	And that's what we do on this podcast. If you're just joining us on Hulu, maybe for the first time, welcome to the family.
2:14.0	We usually go through the episodes, you know, we talk about the themes, but sometimes we
2:19.2	interview people from the show, whether it's actors, guest stars, writers, creators, the creator
2:27.6	of the show, Dan Fogelman, because a lot of our back catalog also available on Hulu, go check
2:32.2	them all out. But today is Jen Morrison. It's an incredible
2:35.1	interview. Welcome to That Was Us, a headgum podcast, now available exclusively one day early on Mondays
2:45.0	on Hulu.
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