It’s hard to imagine someone other thanChrissy Metzplaying the now-iconic role ofKate Pearsonon the hit showThis Is Us.
She cameso closeto not becoming an actress, but fate thankfully intervened and brought her to our TVs.
“I was thinking, ‘I don’t know this woman.’
She said, ‘You really should audition,’ and I’m like, ‘Who are you?
And how do you know I should audition?’
It was so surreal because I never saw her again.
My then manager comes out and says, ‘Hey, do you do anything?
Do you act?’
In my heart, I’m like, ‘Yes, yes, I want to!’
And so they hadmeaudition.
They said, ‘You don’t belong in this town.’
When she first moved to Los Angeles, she worked as an assistant to her agent.
“I thought, OK, awesome, this is a jumping board for my career!”
Metz said in anotherGlamourinterview.
“But when it wrapped, there was… nothing.
I almost moved back to Florida.”
Eventually, Metz’s mother was able to convince her to keep pursuing her dreams.
Finally, she landed the life-changing role onThis Is Us, and the rest is history.
“I could cry right now just thinking about it.”
