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Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger and Us | Showrunners of This Is Us

2025/2/18
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That Was Us

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Elizabeth Berger: 作为《我们这一天》的剧集运作人,我深感荣幸。在创作过程中,我们努力平衡工作与家庭,并与编剧团队紧密合作,将个人经历融入到故事中。我们非常重视演员的意见,并尊重他们的创作自由。在处理 COVID 疫情等敏感话题时,我们面临着巨大的压力,要确保剧集既真实又安全。尽管如此,我们仍然坚持讲述那些能够引起观众共鸣的、贴近生活的故事。 Isaac Aptaker: 作为剧集运作人,我与 Elizabeth 紧密合作,共同负责剧集的各个方面。我们非常幸运能够与 Dan Fogelman 合作,他是一位非常有才华的创作者。在编剧团队中,我们鼓励每个人都分享自己的想法,并根据编剧的特长来分配剧集。我们希望剧集能够尽可能真实,并确保我们做对了。我们相信,剧集的力量在于它能够通过分享微小的人性记忆来与观众产生共鸣,反映他们的生活。 Sterling K. Brown: 我经常去编剧室,因为编剧越了解我,就越容易为我写作。我喜欢了解其他角色的故事线。我觉得编剧室对演员们很尊重,不像其他剧集那样把演员当成棋子。在《This Is Us》中,我们都参与其中,彼此尊重。 John Huertas: 为了让观众清楚地知道 Randall 变老了,我们不得不夸大他的外貌。 Justin Hartley: 我不喜欢老年妆。

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Isaac and Elizabeth share their origin story, from meeting at NYU to becoming showrunners of This Is Us. They discuss their collaboration with Dan Fogelman and the early stages of developing the show's overarching narrative.
  • Met at NYU, moved to LA together to become writing partners
  • Shared a manager with Dan Fogelman
  • Worked on several shows with Dan before This Is Us
  • Became showrunners halfway through season one

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Get excited because This is Us Co-Showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger join us to share their experience leading the beloved series for all six seasons. They take us behind the scenes of their creative process, from how episodes were assigned to writers to their synergy with creator Dan Fogelman. We also dive into the art of bringing humanity to every episode, the challenge of handling actor improvisations, and the debate over incorporating COVID into the show. Plus, they reveal which storyline was the toughest to write and why small, deeply personal stories can impact audiences the most.

That Was Us is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Music by Taylor Goldsmith and Griffin Goldsmith.

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