Chrissy Metz counts himself a fan of This is we Years after playing Kate Pearson, though there are still scenes she cannot bear to reassess.
“I want to say, as a fan, obviously when William died,” said Metz, 44, for exclusively The weekly On Wednesday, April 9, as she promoted her children’s book When I talk to God I talk about feelings. “And then, now knowing it Ron (Cephas Jones) It’s passed, it’s like, ‘I can’t watch it.’ “
During the debut season of This is weRandall (Sterling K. Brown) reunited with his biological father (played by Cephas Jones) amid the private battle of William’s cancer. The character died during season 1, though Cephas Jones continued to make the show on screen on the return scenes for the remainder of the show. Cephas Jones himself died in 2023 at the age of 66 due to heart -related issues.
This is we, NBC’s disturbing heart drama created by And fogelman, Broadcast for six seasons from 2017 to 2022. The series chronicled the life of the Pearson family – parents Jack and Rebecca with children Kevin, Kate and Randall – over many deadlines. Metz, for her part, portrayed the version of adult Kate girl.
“When Kate and Toby experienced abortion, that was really difficult,” Metz said weReferring to the man on the screen Chris sullivanTheir character and journey of fertility. “This is something that people often approach me because it’s something we really don’t really talk about.”
She added, “We don’t talk about it and what it means about the relationship, and then the husband and also the shame that women experience. Oh, kindness, is so complicated. So one in the way rebellious (Mandy moore) appeared for Kate, and Kate was so vulnerable to him. “
As years have passed since This is we Wrapped, Metz discovered that pieces of floors were left with it.
Chrissy Metz.
The weekly“I think we informed each other so much,” Metz recalled we. “They attracted some things from my real life and experiences and real relationships and that – it was what I have been before. So strange. How, how can (split)? I mean, I am it; it is what?
According to Metz, it was the “cathartic” lesson from Kate.
Many of the former -ron Cephas Jones’ This is the US costumes are honoring his heritage after his death. “The art imitated by life today, and one of the most wonderful people the world has ever seen is no longer with us,” Sterling K. Brown wrote through his Saturday Instagram, August 19. “@Cephasjaz has passed away, and the world is one (…)
“I think through the uncertainties she and I both shared, and then passing through them and simply appearing to myself – though it was difficult or difficult – the things she spent as a character really helped me to be like,” Ok, everyone is going through something and it’s okay, and it won’t be perfect. And life is not linear, and healing is difficult, “Metz said.” I really feel it was so cataract. “
At the time from This is we Completed, Metz has written two children’s books with cowriter Bradley Collins. The second of them, When I talk to God I talk about feelings, Hit the bookstores earlier this month.
“Well, when we were doing a little of our tour during the first book (When I talk to God I talk to you), all children would like to talk about their feelings inevitably, “Metz said Wednesday.” I’m like, ‘wait, well’. And of course … I have a large family and knows how children work, but it’s really amazing when your demographics tells you what they need. I feel like this is what they did. I mean, I know as an adult who has to talk about my feelings, so just felt like the right thing to write next. “
Metz wanted to sink to help children “nominate their (feelings)” to strengthen faith.
“We still, I think, we’re working on her as an adult,” the actress explained. “I always say that treat the earth and pick them up when they are very impressed and young, and help them feel loving and confidently supported. I am like,” Oh, maybe we could change the world in that way as much as it sounds. “
When I talk to God I talk about feelingswritten by Metz and Collins and illustrated by Lisa fields, It is now available from Flamingo books wherever books are sold.
