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9-1-1fans, are you still catching your breath?
Amber Braeburn (Timeless,Suits, andMad MenalumAbigail Spencer).
Her frustration about not being able to get herself out of there was stronger.
Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) on ‘9-1-1’ season 8, episode 10, “Voices”.Credit:ABC
ABIGAIL SPENCER:Sometimes I would forget my lines because I’d just be watching her.
She’s so tremendous.
I was like, “Did you just make your tears do backflips?
Det. Amber Braeburn (Abigail Spencer) and Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) on ‘9-1-1’ season 8.Disney/HULU
How do you do that?”
I looked at Angela, and I was like, “Can you do that?!”
And she’s like, “Girl, no.”
Det. Amber Braeburn (Abigail Spencer) on ‘9-1-1’ season 8, episode 10, “Voices”.ABC
Jennifer previously told EW you didn’t have the full script when you started filming.
Abigail, how did you handle the twists and turns as you got new pages?
I was like, “What’s going to happen today?”
Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) on ‘9-1-1’ season 8, episode 10, “Voices”.ABC
Jennifer knew more than I did, as she should, but also this show is very alive.
They’re definitely constantly shifting and changing directions if they see something is working.
And I was like, “I’m sorry, what?”
And she’s like, “Yeah, we get into a fight.”
HEWITT:It was crazy.
We did that and it was good and fun to do because we all trusted each other.
It was a real experience that I will never forget.
SPENCER:It was very, very intense for days, for days on end.
But we were also laughing.
We were just dying laughing between takes, and then she’d be doing back flips with her tears.
Meanwhile, I’m like, “Which personality is going to show up today?”
How did you decide to approach Braeburn’s multiple personalities?
SPENCER:Multiple personality disorder is real.
So I think it’s a dance.
The thing that I love about9-1-1and what [co-creator and showrunner Tim Minear] does is…. Where does Maddie go from here now that she’s escaped?
HEWITT: Maddie is the ultimate survivor and fighter, but I think this one stays with her.
That was a letting go and starting over.
This is different, because it’s so complicated.
I really think Maddie hoped and thought this pregnancy would not have trauma involved, and it does.
One of the crew guys was like, “Maybe Det.
Braeburn comes back and haunts Maddie.”
I mean, look, you might do anything on9-1-1.
It’s genre bending.
HEWITT:I do think that Braeburn comes back as a ghost.
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