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Beth as an adult (Susan Kelechi
Watson) and a teen (Rachel Hilson)
Young Kate (Hannah Zeile)
Nicky (Griffi n Dunne).
Family matriarch Rebecca Pearson has appeared as a
teen in fl ashbacks, and as a frail, elderly woman on her
deathbed in fl ash-forwards. One actress, seven decades!
A lace front wig, modeled after Sally Field's Gidget, was
used to transform Mandy Moore into a 1960s teenager.
As fl awless as Mandy looks in real life, transforming
a 30-something woman into a 16-year-old girl had
interesting challenges. Working closely with Zoe and my
irreplaceable key, Katharine Rees, we used a fracture wrap
to help create a more youthful appearance. Poor Mandy!
She's always a team player—even with those frequent 4
a.m. call times—but that day, we pulled so tightly on her
that I thought she might actually slug me.
It was early in Season 1 when we learned that we would
have to transform Mandy into a woman in her 60s (her
"present day" look). We had a two-week window to
make it happen, with no indication that 60-something
Rebecca would become a recurring character. The demand
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