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But her experience onThe Pittwas unlike any she had before.
I was shocked every single time they called action, she says.
Maybe an actor shouldnt admit this, but there is a level of magic to what we do.
I never had to.
It all kept coming up for me, every single time.
Its not easy work.
Im not saying theyre not nice.
This, he says ofThe Pitt, is the opposite of that.
In every room, you open a drawer and theres real sutures and bandages and stuff, says Gummersall.
At first, star and EP Noah Wyle didnt, either.
He goes, Dude, I didnt realize it.
Im sorry, Gummersall recalls with a smile.
Im such a fan of that show.)
They are never moving lights.
Everything is the space.
That builds, for everybody involved, a deep understanding of the story being told.
I could carry that note with me throughout the rest of the journey.
But we were there when we werent shooting, as atmosphere.
There would be whole days where we didnt even say things, adds Sloyan.
It really helped you feel like you were immersed in that situation.
So they had us there for that.
But by doing thingsThe Pittway?
I believe I worked at least 15 to 20 days, she says.
I feel like they accomplished that.
Krystel and Tracy gave me so much, she says.
Well, I have, Wells told him.
He described how strange it smells and how it just feels wrong being in there.
Hes not really asking me to change anything.
Hes helping me deepen it and enrich the moment.
That was actually one of the most memorable pieces of direction Ive gotten in my career.
Most actors can draw from their own sense memory and past experience to put themselves in their characters shoes.
I just felt it so heavily.
But when she began shooting the sequence, she no longer felt alone with that heaviness.
Everybody felt the weight of it, she says.
The day of, there was something in the electrons or something.
We could feel what we were doing.
I was allowed to grieve in this process, she says.
This felt more communal.
You felt like you were a part of the regular cast.
