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AsThis Is Usnears the halfway point of its final season, each Pearson sibling will take the spotlight for the final time.
Below, Shroyer tells PEOPLE about portraying his character in the show’s final trilogy episodes and if he thinks Kevin would’ve made his late father Jack proud.
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PEOPLE: How was working with Milo Ventimiglia as the director for the final time in the series?
LOGAN SHROYER: Amazing, it was amazing. We’ve had a lot of conversations about it, actually, because my first big scene on the show was the scene with Milo and me in the hospital [post-surgery after Kevin shatters his knee in season 2]. That was just a really special moment. This could be, I think who knows, it’s at least one of the last really big scenes that I’ll do on the show. It could be the last big scene I do on the show, and having Milo direct that was great. He’s so collaborative and we had a great time. I just loved it.
For the rest of the trilogy, how was working with directors Justin Hartley, and Mandy Moore, who was behind the camera for the first time?
Also phenomenal. I haven’t worked with Justin closely for the past six years. Obviously, I’ve known him, but our cast is just a great time. It’s just very comfortable when we get our work done, but it’s just a blast. Honestly, Justin is hilarious and he was phenomenal as a director. It was great.
The community pool has always been a central place for the Pearson family. Why was it important for Kevin to go back? Why is the pool such an important place for the Big Three?
It was so perfect to be able to do this trilogy at the pool because we shot most of that stuff in two full night shoots. It was just like a party. We were in tight-knit quarters the whole time, doing our individual big scenes. Niles [Fitch], Hannah [Zeile], and I each had our scenes. It was just really cool to watch really good acting, and see how each of us has grown over the years. We’re there with each other the whole way through. When I did my whole big scene, Niles and Hannah are right there the whole time. Milo and Mandy really take care of our crew. They ordered a beignet truck for us during a night shoot, everybody was just shoveling down beignets in between takes. It was such a great memory to have.
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As we see in the present, Kevin becomes a great single parent to his twins. Do you think his late father Jack would be proud of him?
Kevin’s had a rough go at it so you would think it would be great if he was able to achieve more at that point. Obviously, that is a big deal. His dad would be proud, in a sense of just the feat of taking care of the twins. Jack would be proud of Kevin stepping up in that fatherly way, taking a leadership role and handling that responsibility.
Did you and Justin have conversations about your character throughout the six seasons?
I had some conversations with Justin early on. It was mostly just about who Kevin was and what he was dealing with. But honestly, no, I think the continuity is a testament to the writing, hair and makeup teams. There are all kinds of little tricks and stuff that I don’t know if people are zooming in and looking, but there are all kinds of things that help that go through. Niles, Hannah and I have done our due diligence on mannerisms, as well. We talk and hang out, but it isn’t often crunch sessions on Kevin’s motivations and all that kind of stuff.
What are those tricks that you were referring to?
I wear brown contacts because Justin has brown eyes. Also, I have a lot of little freckly, mark things on my face. They’ll cover those up. Justin has a pronounced one that they’ll add on me. They even contour my nose to be slightly skinnier to match Justin’s. All the details stack up.
My experience on the show has been amazing. I started working on the show when I was 17. I turned 23 a few days ago. That’s a big journey in life. I was able to really grow on this show and it was a place for me to see incredible work being done, to learn from it and mimic it. I have so many good memories.
This Is Usairs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on NBC.
source: people.com
