Discovering Their Roots | A Philadelphia Story (302) with special guest Ryan Michelle Bathe
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On today's episode of That Was Us, we're diving into Season 3, Episode 2 of Philadelphia Story. Rebecca searches for a new home while navigating the kids' looming college decisions. Kate begins her IVF journey, which sparks some family tension. Randall becomes more involved in his father's old community. And the entire Pearson family comes together for Kevin's big movie premiere. Mandy, Chris, how the hell are you guys doing today? Well, how are you?
We're doing very well. Today on the podcast, we're joined by a co-host of the Smash Hit podcast, we don't always agree, Ryan Michelle Bathé and Sterling K. Brown.
Yes! Yay! Hi, guys. Thank you for having me. Welcome to our set, Bird. It's very sweet and cute.
It's so awesome. Real true story. The wife threw me a little birthday party last night.
It was a get-together.
It was a get-together. A casual hang. A casual hang of sorts.
That happened miraculously.
And while I was watching episodes and whatnot, she was straightening up the kitchen, doing all these wonderful things to keep our house in pristine order. For the record, I don't want to feign it. I do love you. I love you a great deal.
I think you are a quality human being. Real quick, nobody was questioning that. I'm just making sure. Nobody said.
I don't need to know because I know about it.
For posterity, I put it on record. You're the homie.
I love you. I'm glad you had a nice time last night.
She's not just here because she's my wife. She is a part of our This Is Us family. She plays Yvette, counselor to the Pearsons in the past. We meet her for the first time in episode 104 entitled The Pool. And they have Rebecca and Yvette have a wonderful sort of introduction to one another.
There's a confrontation. Yes. We can call it like it is.
I'm curious for you, what do you recall about your first time being on set and playing those scenes with Mandy?
I recall a lot. I'm not gonna say the first thing that comes to mind, what I remember. This is a safe space. Please, do what you gotta do. I remember there was that guy with the MAGA hat and the glasses. Oh, yeah. We won't say his name, but I know exactly who you're talking about. And he was really tall and he was always carrying a lot of things. And it's like, you know, I get why people have glasses because obviously it's outside and we're at the pool. Intimidating? Very intimidating. And I was like, is he doing this on purpose? It felt purposefully intimidating. And I remember that a lot because he would walk past me and I would always try to avoid him.
This is 2016. Pre-election. We all decide what we're going to wear to work. And that was a choice. That was a choice.
That I wouldn't have made. You could have made another choice. But anyway, I remember that. I remember being very nervous.
Why were you nervous? You're a seasoned professional. Talk to me about that.
What's my favorite movie being Julia? Just nerves are the, nerves are the something that we pay, the nerves are the tie that we pay our audience, dear. Because she's like really nervous. You guys remember that movie being Julia with, what's her name?
No Girl?
With old girl. Yeah, oh, you know old girl. You know who old girl is. I can't think of her name right now. Anyway, it'll come to me. But the point is, is that that's why I think why. You know, I'm always nervous. I hear you. Especially when you go on somebody else's set, somebody else's playground. You don't know how things go. You don't know how people really are. You don't know what to expect. And it was such a big day because it was... the pool.
I mean, it was an, you know what I mean? And there's so many extras. Like all the logistics of being on a location we had. Yeah. It was outside. It was hot. Yeah.
And then it was older. It was like an older pool because it had to look older. So things weren't really like, you know, you're like, is this up to code?
Yeah. You know what I find interesting about like what I recall from that episode and conversations that we've had, like we've been at parties with really lovely people who have adopted a white family that's adopted like black children, right?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic of this episode?
0:10–4:40
2
What childhood memories do the hosts share?
4:40–14:59
3
How did Ryan Michelle Bathe feel about her first day on set?
14:59–46:28
4
What challenges do the characters face in their family dynamics?
46:28–57:11
5
How do acceptance letters shape the characters' futures?
57:11–1:28:55