‘This Is Us’ Creator on Filming Half of Series Finale During Earlier Seasons and How He Picked That Last Shot
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Us,” they May 24 series finale episode of “This Is Us.”NBC said goodbye to the Pearson family on Tuesday with the series finale of “This Is Us.” The end of the drama’s sixth and final season focused heavily on older Randall (Sterling K. Brown), Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Kevin (Justin Hartley) and their families adjusting to their lives following the passing of their mother, Rebecca (Mandy Moore), on last week’s episode, decades after losing their father, Jack (Milo Ventimiglia), as teens.But as with almost every episode of series creator Dan Fogelman’s “This Is Us,” the installment also featured many flashback scenes, with a special twist added in for the series finale: More than half of the scenes were shot three or four years ago when the original child actors who played Young Randall (Lonnie Chavis), Young Kate (Mackenzie Hancsicsak) and Young Kevin (Parker Bates) were all still young enough to portray the pre-teen stage.