“Mawwiage, mawwiage is what brings us together.”
But not without some drama along the way this is a television show, after all.
She called the whole thing off and fled from his room.
Alexandra Breckenridge on ‘This Is Us’.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
(Way to upstage your sister, Kevin.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: At what point did you know that Sophie and Kevin would get this moment?
ALEXANDRA BRECKINRIDGE:Yes, it was difficult.
Kevin (Justin Hartley) and Sophie (Alexandra Breckenridge) heat up in the freezer aisle.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
It was very difficult to go back and forth.
During that time, we all realized that it was not going to happen then.
So they formulated another plan and direction for the characters, and I’m really happy with it.
Alexandra Breckenridge and Justin Hartley on ‘This Is Us’.Ron Batzdorff/NBC
The characters don’t find each other until they’re 46 again.
I don’t think they ever stopped loving each other, which is such a sweet romantic story.
To be honest, I don’t really know how much of this backstory they want me to tell.
They always wanted the characters to end up together.
And we know that can’t happen within the relationship with Sophie."
I didn’t really know what or how at the time.
I wasn’t able to because of the filming schedule.
Again, just like so devastated.
So yes, they have been trying to get Sophie back on the show for some time.
It just didn’t work out until now.
When did the divorce happen?
Was Sophie still married at the engagement party?
Sophie was really trying, and she was trying to make it work.
Ultimately, I don’t think she was ever in love with Grant.
I think she’s always been in love with Kevin.
But as she said, we looked good on paper but she didn’t have that feeling for him.
Did she go there wanting to tell him?
But also trepidatious because she had her heart broken several times.
And I’m sure that was scary.
But they just have such a magnetic pull towards each other that it was undeniable.
She took that leap again not knowing where it would end it up and then had that little freak-out.
Last season we saw her tell Kevin that getting a new phone number was a “long story.”
Are we ever going to get that story?
Oh, there was a lot of talk about that at the time.
We weren’t really sure if Sophie was still married.
We actually did that scene with the ring on and without the ring on.
And I think they tried to frame it out.
Yes, it’s possible for you to’t see your ring finger in the scene.
Well, they didn’t really know what they wanted to do at that point.
In all honesty, I don’t know what happened with the phone number.
There’s actually no real reason.
They were like, “Oh, it’s nothing.
It’s not a big deal.
It’s just she had to change it.
It wasn’t anything that exciting.”
That’s all I got for you on that one.
Sophie makes the first move physically with Kevin.
What gives her the courage to do that, and then why does she panic?
Were you like, “No, stay, what are you doing?”
when you first read it?
I knew there was more to come.
But it made sense to me.
She sees Kevin in this new way.
She knows that he’s grown up.
She can feel it with him because she knows him so well.
They’ve known each other since they were little kids.
That’s what initially makes her make the first move.
But then she goes to the wedding.
Oh my gosh, right?
I know, seriously.
It’s not her hair, he’s just smelling her."
Sophie says she realized she’ll never be able to fast-forward through Kevin.
Oh, I think he was always looming over her marriage.
I don’t think he ever left.
Was that in his wallet all these years?
I’m dying to know!
Like did Madison go through his wallet and find it?
How crucial do you think that speech is to get Kevin and Sophie to the endpoint?
It was huge for Sophie to hear that.
Especially for Rebecca to admit to Sophie that she thinks her son’s an idiot.
I thought that was hysterical when she said that.
“He’s an idiot.
But if you might stick with him, I know that he’s going to be amazing.”
It was the exact right thing that she needed to hear in that moment.
You see Sophie’s talking to Rebecca and Kevin is talking to Randall at the exact same moment.
How many versions of that speech were there?
Did you tinker with it in delivery and execution?
I know it was a huge moment for their relationship.
This has been a six-year journey on the show, but 40 years for these two people.
The history is so thick between them.
That moment was not lost on me, as the character and also as an actress.
I was really nervous, actually.
We did do it a few different ways.
But the one that they stuck with was my original take on it.
So I was really happy with that.
I don’t feel like that’s the tone.
I feel like the tone is just an honest, leading-with-your-heart moment.
Is it safe to say Kevin and Sophie are endgame now and we’ll see them together going forward?
What a letdown that would be.
So yeah, I don’t think Sophie is going anywhere.
