'Firefly Lane': Sarah Chalke Reveals the Most Difficult Scene She Filmed in Final Episodes (Exclusive)
etonline.comNetflix's said goodbye to Tully and Kate, dropping the series' emotional final episodes on Thursday.Picking up where Part 1 left off, the back half of season 2 chronicled Kate's harrowing journey as she battled an aggressive form of breast cancer and finally mended fences with her best friend, Tully.
But when Kate's cancer returned, she was faced with the reality that her life was coming to an unexpected close. By the end, Kate had come to peace with her limited time left, spending her precious last weeks writing her life's story in the form of a book, appropriately titled , and leaving her loved ones with details on her wishes for the funeral and beyond.
As star Sarah Chalke shared with ET's Deidre Behar over a Zoom interview, exploring Kate's cancer battle in Part 2 and portraying it onscreen was nerve-wracking. «Obviously [I] read [Kristin Hannah's] book and knew the ending and part of me was nervous about that experience and what that was going to feel like to play all of those scenes,» the actress reflected. «But I thought it was so beautifully written.
It was a really challenging but also great experience.»There was one scene from the final batch of episodes that was the most challenging for Chalke to film — and it «caught [her] off-guard.» It was the moment where Kate had the difficult conversation with Tully that she had come to terms with her cancer. «Sometimes a scene ends up taking a direction you don't expect and one that you thought was going to be not as challenging was the most challenging for me.
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