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A14 PEOPLE & ARTS
Friday 25 November 2022
Justin Hartley embarks on new chapters after ‘This is Us’

By ALICIA RANCILIO go, ‘I’m so sorry. You must
Associated Press be miserable.’ It was hot,”
On NBC’s “This is Us,” Justin he added. “It was uncom-
Hartley played Kevin Pear- fortable, I guess, because
son: A man whose dreams they kept putting coats on
of playing college football us, but it wasn’t miserable.
were derailed injury so he It was magic. It was won-
decided to try acting, and derful. To celebrate, Christ-
ended up a big star. mas in the summer and
Hartley’s own story has then also get to celebrate
some strong parallels. He in the winter is kind of cool.”
loved to play sports grow- Hartley just shot a pilot with
ing up but realized, as he a former “This is Us” execu-
got older, he wasn’t cut out tive producer and direc-
to play professionally. tor, Ken Olin, for CBS called
“You realize there are too “The Never Game,” based
many people out there on a book by Jeffrey Deav-
that are way better than er. He’s also a co-executive
you are. There’s no more producer.
room for you. You have to “I think it’s a really neat sort
find something else to do,” of a throwback to classic
he told The Associated older television in a way,
Press in a recent interview. these characters that you
Like Kevin, that something don’t really see anymore,”
else turned out to be act- Justin Hartley poses for a portrait to promote “The Noel Diary” on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in New he said.
ing. While in college, Hart- York. He also recently guest-
ley joined a theater group Associated Press starred in an episode of
where audience members decided to move out to security and opportunities. hood home to settle his late NBC “ Quantum Leap “
could get onstage and join Los Angeles and join the He has his own production mother’s estate and finds reboot with his wife, Sofia
in the dialogue, leaving the countless other wannabe company, Change Up Pro- an old diary that leads him Pernas. The two had shared
actors to just go with it. actors looking for their big ductions, where he’s devel- down a road of romance a couple scenes on “The
“How you prep for some- break. oping projects. and reconciliation. Young & the Restless” be-
thing like that is you just “I know no one. I have no “You look at television and The film is directed by fore, he said, but didn’t re-
do a lot of improv work, so prospects. I have no job in streaming. There are a mil- Charles Shyer, who direct- ally know each other so he
you’re kind of prepared for LA. I’ve never been. I have lion things out there. There ed “Father of the Bride” counts this as the first time
everything. They come up, no talent to speak of, and I are a million roles. They and “Father of the Bride II.” he really got to work with
they think they’re being don’t know how to develop don’t compare to how “We shot this movie a while her.
clever, they say something, it,” said Hartley. “’OK, let’s many talented actors there ago, so for people to finally “She’s hilarious. I got a kick
you’ve already heard it. go to LA and roll the dice are out there,” said Hartley. be able to see it is pretty out of it. Sofia is my best
And I just fell in love with and see what happens.’ Hartley’s first big role since exciting for me,” said Hart- friend. She’s my wife. I love
that that energy,” he said. It kind of makes me sweat “This is Us” aired its series fi- ley, adding that while the her to death,” he said. “She
“You get that same kind of just thinking about it.” nale last May is the Netflix story takes place around means everything to me,
adrenaline rush from play- The experiment obviously holiday movie “ The Noel Christmas, they filmed in but my character on that
ing sports.” paid off but it wasn’t un- Diary, “ based on the nov- the middle of summer. show she was annoying
Fueled by the boldness of til “This is Us” debuted in el by Richard Paul Evans. “It was in the nineties and him, and I thought that was
youth and the lack of any 2016 that Hartley reached He plays a popular author it was muggy. And (Shyer) kind of funny. We had a
real responsibilities, Hartley a level of fame that led to who returns to his child- would just look at me and blast.”q

U.S. World Cup return vs Wales viewed

by 11.7 million

draw with Wales at the group-stage high since opening 1-1 draw against
World Cup was viewed by taking over U.S. English- England in South Africa in
11.7 million for its English- language rights for the 2010, a game that started
and Spanish-language 2018 tournament. There at 2:30 p.m. EDT on a Satur-
broadcasts. were 1.0 million streams on day in mid-June.
The game Monday, which Telemundo and Peacock, Fox's average of 4,026,000
kicked off at 2 p.m. EST, the most-streamed Span- for its first three telecasts
was seen by 8,306,000 for ish-language World Cup this year was up 193% from
Fox's English-language match. the 1,374,000 for the first
telecast and 3.4 million The 2014 U.S. opener in Bra- three matches in 2018,
for the Spanish-language zil, which started at 6 p.m. when the U.S. failed to
offering on Telemundo, EDT on a Saturday in mid- qualify.
Telemundo digital and June, was seen by 11.1 mil- Telemundo's coverage av-
Vic Martinez of Martinez reacts as he watches the U.S. vs Wales
World Cup Soccer game at The Crossing during a World Cup Peacock, part of Comcast lion on ESPN and 4.8 million eraged 2.6 million for the
watch event on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022 in San Francisco, Calif. Corp.'s NBCUniversal. on Univision. first four matches, up 73%
Associated Press Fox said the match was That was down from 17.3 from 1.5 million for the first
viewed by 563,000 on million on ABC and Univi- four matches four years
NEW YORK (AP) — The United States' opening 1-1 streams, the network's sion for the Americans' ago.q