The Pearson family returns to our screen last night and fans
are overwhelmed!

Since the American TV show’s 2016 premiere, fans worldwide
have laughed, wept and rejoiced alongside the beloved characters of ‘This is
Us,” which made us constantly feel like they are part of our own family!

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While the show’s emotional moments in all seasons repeatedly
made you reaching for a box of tissue, there are some behind the camera facts
about the show that will make your jaws dropped for real!

These facts will even surprise the most die-hard fan of the
show who believe they know all about the Pearson family and their big moves.

Scroll down and discover the five most shocking and fun facts about our most beloved show “This is Us” and jack’s butt:

The
Youngest Actor in the current Pearson family is Mandy Moore

Source: Insider

While portraying the role of a grandmother, Mandy Moore is indeed
the youngest among all the adult actors acting as members of the Pearson
family. She is only 34 years old. So, who is the eldest in the family? Well,
Sterling K. Brown in the eldest – 42 years old.

“This Is Us” was nearly becoming a story
about sextuplets 

Source: NBC

The original title for the show was “36,” Dan
Fogelman said that he presented an idea of sextuplets who are unaware of the fact
that they are siblings. Eventually, the show ended up into the series with sans
having only three siblings.

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“This
is Us” consists of many first moments!

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“This is Us” recorded many first moments in the
history of cinema, including Sterling K. Brown became the first
African-American man who won a SAG and Golden Globe for “Outstanding Male
Actor in a Drama Series. The show “This is Us” also became the first
network drama series since 2006 to achieve a SAG for “Outstanding
Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.”

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To
prevent spoilers, the show used code words to hide the reason for Jack’s death 

Source: Business Recorder

All the crew and cast members of the show “This is Us”
were legally bound to prevent spoilers of any sort! The sequences were filmed randomly
and whoever present on the set is obligated to sign an NDA. Mandy Moore, in one
interview, revealed that they all knew about Jack is going to die in the show
but they have to keep it hidden for a whole year, so the cast members started
using a code word “The Marble” for it.

The
character Kate is based on a real-life character!

Source: Insider

Show writer Fogelman revealed in one interview that the
character Kate (played by Chrissy Metz) is loosely inspired by his sister in
real life. All the troubles faced by Kate in the show felt ridiculously real
because they were actually based on Fogelman’s sister’s real-life problems.
Interestingly, his sister is also serving as a consultant.

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Mandy
Moore was surprised by one of the most heartbreaking scenes of the show:

Nobody can forget that heart-wrenching scene from the show,
where Rebecca discovers the news of Jack’s death. Moore revealed that she didn’t
expect Ventimiglia in that particular scene.

“I thought Milo had left for the day…. I walked in
expecting to walk in and see an empty hospital bed… I was ready for that so to
walk into that room and to see Milo lying there…. I don’t think it would have
been the same without him,” Moore said in one interview. “I think the
very first take ended up in the episode.”

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