RE-RELEASE - Susan Kelechi Watson and Us | Beth Pearson

That Was Us

Film Interviews, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

RE-RELEASE episode! We're looking back on some of our listeners' favorite episodes over the next few weeks and re-sharing them for anyone who might've missed the conversation! This week, we're starting with Susan Kelechi Watson aka Beth Pearson! We hear about everything from her audition process, what it meant to Susan to portray a modern black woman in America on television, the importance of a hair and makeup team who understands the individual's needs, the behind-the-scenes efforts that went into the portrayal and building of Beth's backstory, and so much more! Join us (again) as we reminisce and rediscover the anchor that is Beth Pearson. That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Follow That Was Us on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, and X! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings and salutations.
0:01.6	That was us, subscribers, listeners, watchers.
0:05.1	It's your boy, Sterling K. Brown.
0:06.9	I hope you guys are having a wonderful holiday season,
0:09.9	and I'm gonna give you a little treat.
0:11.8	Got a little re-watch podcast, relistened podcast,
0:14.6	coming your way, one of my favorite episodes up to date,
0:18.5	and that was the episode with my TV wife,
0:21.6	Susan Kalechi Watson, Beth in the House for a whole episode,
0:27.6	just catching up on all things. Beth and Randall and Sue.
0:32.6	We had a wonderful conversation. We had a lot of laughs during this whole thing.
0:42.3	We talked a little bit about how Sue and I knew each other before the show started because we both went to NYU.
0:53.6	We talked about how we were able to build on that knowledge and turn that relationship into the wonderful relationship that you see on screen with Randall and Beth. She talked a lot about
0:55.7	representing black women on screen, talked about her hair and how sort of awesome and inspiring
1:02.6	it was for her to be able to wear her natural hair and change it up week in, week out on the
1:07.6	episodes. It was just a great key key.
1:12.2	That's my girl.
1:13.4	I love her.
1:14.3	I love the episode.
1:15.9	I hope you guys enjoyed as well.
1:18.2	We will have new episodes coming toward you at the end of January.
1:22.7	I want to say January 21st.
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