Mandy Moore as Beth?
Sterling K. Brown as Kevin?
But youre about to.

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Its one of those characters thats an actors dream and I know Sterling feels the same way.
And also because [Randall] is African-American theres an immediate connection to that character.
So theres a lineage connection as well as a cultural and historical and ethnic connection."

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I know it caused some flack in people.
Theyre like, Would he really leave his opening night?
And it makes me weep like a baby.

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Kevins an actor, and so I can relate very easily to his journey.
She quietly makes everyone around her step up and be better.
Shes the real hero of the show, in a way.

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She an outsider in that family and she can really hold her own.
Yeah, reincarnate as Kate.
But obviously Im not Gerald McRaney.

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Im not a legend.
“Just his appreciation of the world and the small moments and thats maybe just me as me.
But I strangely have no desire but to fill the shoes of Jack.

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I like being Jack.

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