>>> ALL RIGHT. GET READY TO SMILE AND MORE
LIKELY CRY, LAUGH AND LOVE, THE
EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER THAT IS
"THIS IS US" RETURNS FOR SEASON
THREE.
THREE. WE HAVE ONE OF THE STARS, MANDY
MOORE, HERE WITH US.
I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.
>> CARSON, LIKEWISE.
"TRL" WERE A SENIOR AND ALL OF
THE SENIORS, YOU WERE A FREBMAN
FRESHMAN.
FRESHMAN. >> DID YOU HAVE AN EYE ON
ACTING?
ACTING? >> I DID.
>> I DID. I STARTED WITH MUSIC IN MY POP
DAYS.
DAYS. BUT I ALWAYS HAD EYES TO GET
INTO THE FILM WORLD AND THE
TELEVISION WORLD.
TELEVISION WORLD. I DIDN’T THINK 20 YEARS LATER, I
WOULD BE DOING THIS.
>> LET’S DO A RATING BASED ON
TISSUES.
TISSUES. POCKET TISSUES, A BOX OF TISSUES
OR BUY IN BULK.
TELL ME ABOUT SEASON THREE.
>> IT DEPENDS HOW YOU GO THROUGH
IT.
IT. IT STARTS OUT WITH A PACK OF
TISSUES AND THEN --
>> BULK.
>> BULK. >> YES.
>> YES. >> WE ARE MOURNING JACK HERE.
DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS?
>> THIS IS OUR FIRST DATE.
WE ELUDED TO THIS.
YOU SEE THAT THEY MEET AT IFTHE
END OF THE SEASON ONE FINALE.
>> LET’S LOOK AT IT.
>> DO YOU WANT ANYTHING?
>> NO.
>> NO. I’M OKAY.
I’M OKAY. YEAH.
YEAH. >> THANKS.
>> THANKS. MM.
MM. WHAT?
WHAT? >> YOU GOT SOMETHING --
>> WHAT?
>> WHAT? >> A PIECE OF CANDY.
>> CAN YOU GET IT?
>> MAY I?
>> MAY I? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THANK YOU.
>> THERE IT IS.
THE DAMAGIC.
THE DAMAGIC. THE CREATOR OF THE SHOW IS A
FRIEND OF MINE.
I CALLED HIM YESTERDAY.
HE CALLED YOU MANY WONDERFUL
THINGS, INCLUDING AN ACTING
PRODIGY
PRODIGY PRODIGY.
PRODIGY. WHEN YOU AUDITIONED, YOU WEREN’T
GOING TO DO IT.
AND REBECCA HAD MONOLOGUES.
AND HE MADE UP A STORY OF JACK
DRINKING TOO MUCH.
HE WROTE THIS UP OUT OF NOWHERE.
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PLOT
OF "THIS IS US" AND THAT’S WHAT
YOU AUDITIONED WITH.
YOU WERE INCREDIBLE, HE WROTE
THAT INTO THE EPISODE.
>> IN OUR CHEMISTRY READ, I HAD
TO DELIVER THIS MONOLOGUE.
REBECCA IS GIVESING BIRTH.
AND WE HAD TO DO THIS CHEMISTRY
READ.
READ. WE MET SECONDS EARLIER, AND HE
IS NUZZLING MY NECK.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> WE HAD TO PRETEND TO GIVE
BIRTH TOGETHER.
BIRTH TOGETHER. >> YOU SPAN SO MANY GENERATIONS,
22 TO 68, I THINK.
WE HAVE THE LOOKS.
WHAT IS THE MOST DAMAGECHALLENGI
PART OF THAT?
>> THE PRESENT-DAY 68-YEAR-OLD.
I HAVE NO REFERENCE.
IT’S 3 1/2 HOURS OF PROSTHETIC
MAKEUP TO GO THROUGH THE
TRANSFORMATION PROCESS.
TRANSFORMATION PROCESS. IT ALLOWS ME TO BE THE ONLY CAST
MEMBER THAT WORKS WITH
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. I GET TO WORK WITH IF ADULT BIG
THREE.
THREE. >> YOU DIDN’T TAKE A BREAK
BETWEEN SEASON TWO AND SEASON
THREE.
THREE. YOU CLIMBED MT. KILIMANJARO AND
DID SOME MUSIC AND PLANNED A
WEDDING.
WEDDING. HOW IS THAT DOING?
>> IT’S GOING WELL.
I LIKE TO HAVE A FULL PLATE.
>> SPEAKING OF WEDDING, YOU AND
I WERE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AT
THE EMMYS.
THE EMMYS. >> WE WERE.
>> I LOOKED AT YOU WHEN GLENN
WEISS PROPOSED TO HIS WIFE.
AND YOU WERE IN TEARS.
>> I THINK WE’RE COMPETING FOR
THE MOST EMOTIONAL.
>> WHAT A NICE REAL MOMENT IN
THE ROOM.
THE ROOM. TO SEE HOLLYWOOD STARS THAT WERE
CAPTIVATED BY A REAL-LIFE THING
THAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
IT WAS JOYFUL AND CELEBRATORY
AND ORGANIC.
AND ORGANIC. >> I LOOKED AT IT.
THERE YOU ARE WEEPING.
>> IT IS RIGHT UNDER THE
SURFACE.
SURFACE. >> MANDY, CONGRATULATIONS.
WE WILL BE WATCHING.