News from the World – United States – « This Is Us » Season 5 Premiere Puts Kevin and Randall at the Heart of the Conflict – Plus 4 More Secrets

While many TV shows have halted production due to COVID-19, « This Is Us » is moving forward with its fifth season, premiering Tuesday at 9 / 8c with a two-hour installment NBC had special protocols in place for safe filming, which the cast and crew had to adjust to During virtual Q&A ahead of the premiere, series creator and executive producer Dan Fogelman and the main cast discussed how production unfolded, how they changed aspects of the season to suit the current moment and more

1 It was important for Fogelman to capture the realities of 2020 While « This Is Us » has been mostly apolitical and exists in its own world, Season 5 will find the Pearsons grappling with two fresh topics in the minds of most viewers in 2020: COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement « It was almost irresponsible not to take the present moment, » said Fogelman, who has been working on the first since February « It really lives in the same space of the series where you talk about human experience and not political experience in anything »

2 Randall will have a ‘come to Jesus’ moment at the premiere Talking about how the series will approach Black Lives Matter, Susan Kelechi Watson notes that her character, Beth, and her husband Randall (Sterling K Brown) will bring their unique perspectives on the situation « As black as Randall and Beth are, » Watson said, « they are not experts on how to metabolize all this tragedy.Brown teases that Randall will have « a really interesting ‘come to Jesus’ time at the premiere in relation to the important conversations he didn’t have growing up in a majority white household

‘This Is Us’ Season 5 Trailer Features Pearsons Struggling With COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and an Engagement

3 Kevin and Randall’s feud will be a big part of Season 5, Season 4 ended with Randall and Kevin (Justin Hartley) engaged in a devastating argument that could have caused irrevocable damage to their relationship Fogelman noted that while season 4 was largely about this kind of explosion, it has really grown since Randall was first adopted as a baby A fight with this type of baggage cannot be resolved in the next episode, and Fogelman revealed, « This is going to be the focus of our TV show This is the front and the center of our premiere » Hartley added,  » I don’t know how motivated the two men are to reconcile so quickly « 

4 Rebecca’s physical decline is still years away from the current series Rebecca (Mandy Moore) is not yet at the old lady stage, at least in terms of the scenes set in the present though that Rebecca has been shown to have mental decline over the past few seasons, « as far as her diagnosis goes, I don’t think that has really changed anything necessarily at the physical level yet, » said Moore remarks « I think the degradation is years later ‘We last saw her accept Randall’s decision to do a clinical trial for season 5, » she kind of has that zest for life in that moment of wanting to live life to the fullest, ”Moore added,“ and I think that gave him an extra boost in his walk »

5 Playing in the middle of a pandemic didn’t change things too much « It’s a brave new world on set, » Fogelman said of the new guidelines the cast and team had to follow , « But we found our normalcy very quickly and we haven’t lost our rhythm. » While safety protocols and social distancing are followed, with full PPE worn outside of filming, the cast suggested it still looks like “This Is Us” However, between face shields and masks, it sometimes feels like “Mars Attacks! « , Milo Ventimiglia joked

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