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Debra Messing Describes Filming "Painful" Scene That Left "Will & Grace" Audience "Dead Silent"
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Ubiquitous
Jun 13, 2023, 2:03:18 PM6/13/23
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Actress Debra Messing recalled filming an emotional scene on the hit NBC
sitcom “Will & Grace,” which she said caused the audience to fall “silent.”
The NBC comedy, which first aired in 1998, was known for getting big laughs
most of the time. But Messing described one of the episodes in which the
characters got serious, per People.
“I think the big fight that Will and Grace got into during the first run. I
think that was surprisingly painful to shoot and I think that it really
surprised the audience,” the 54-year-old actress said when asked about the
most difficult scene to film during the premiere event for the new “Just Jack
& Will” podcast.
Messing was referring to a time during season 8 when her character Grace got
into a huge fight with her best friend Will (Eric McCormack).
“And they were dead quiet, which we had never experienced in all the years
and so we knew that something important was happening,” Messing said of the
live studio audience’s reaction to that scene. “So, that’s a very clear
memory for me.”
“I felt grateful that the writers gave us the opportunity to do something
that had that much gravitas to it, you know?” she said of the experience.
“It’s a sitcom and normally you don’t see that. And so I was just … I was
grateful.”
Messing was promoting the podcast, which consists of actor Sean Hayes and
McCormack rewatching the sitcom and commenting on it along with special
guests along the way. “Will & Grace” earned 18 Primetime Emmy Awards and 83
nominations. It focused on Will, a gay lawyer, and Grace, a Jewish interior
designer, living together as roommates in New York City.
The sitcom was initially criticized for relying too heavily on stereotypes
when depicting those two demographics, but it later became a cultural
phenomenon and is credited with normalizing openly gay characters as leads on
primetime TV.
The “Just Jack & Will” podcast will debut on June 15 on Amazon Music and will
be available on other podcast services on June 22, just in time for the 25th
anniversary of the show.
[I am guessing they weren't applauding because someone forgot to turn the
"applause" sign on.]
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Let's go Brandon!
sitcom “Will & Grace,” which she said caused the audience to fall “silent.”
The NBC comedy, which first aired in 1998, was known for getting big laughs
most of the time. But Messing described one of the episodes in which the
characters got serious, per People.
“I think the big fight that Will and Grace got into during the first run. I
think that was surprisingly painful to shoot and I think that it really
surprised the audience,” the 54-year-old actress said when asked about the
most difficult scene to film during the premiere event for the new “Just Jack
& Will” podcast.
Messing was referring to a time during season 8 when her character Grace got
into a huge fight with her best friend Will (Eric McCormack).
“And they were dead quiet, which we had never experienced in all the years
and so we knew that something important was happening,” Messing said of the
live studio audience’s reaction to that scene. “So, that’s a very clear
memory for me.”
“I felt grateful that the writers gave us the opportunity to do something
that had that much gravitas to it, you know?” she said of the experience.
“It’s a sitcom and normally you don’t see that. And so I was just … I was
grateful.”
Messing was promoting the podcast, which consists of actor Sean Hayes and
McCormack rewatching the sitcom and commenting on it along with special
guests along the way. “Will & Grace” earned 18 Primetime Emmy Awards and 83
nominations. It focused on Will, a gay lawyer, and Grace, a Jewish interior
designer, living together as roommates in New York City.
The sitcom was initially criticized for relying too heavily on stereotypes
when depicting those two demographics, but it later became a cultural
phenomenon and is credited with normalizing openly gay characters as leads on
primetime TV.
The “Just Jack & Will” podcast will debut on June 15 on Amazon Music and will
be available on other podcast services on June 22, just in time for the 25th
anniversary of the show.
[I am guessing they weren't applauding because someone forgot to turn the
"applause" sign on.]
--
Let's go Brandon!
anim8rfsk
Jun 13, 2023, 3:41:06 PM6/13/23
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threw her in the shower and scrubbed her down.
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The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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