'The Bear' stars Abby Elliott and Jamie Lee Curtis sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to chat about the episode titled "Ice Chips" in season three, where Elliot's character, Natalie, gives birth, during this THR Emmys Lounge conversation.
00:01What are you doing mom coaching coaching coaching you must breathe Natalie. Yes, you have to breathe. No, it's calming you down
00:09It is so have you
00:11Watched ice chips recently no no no I have not no I watched it that one
00:18Yeah, I mean I watched it when it it aired we never rehearsed any no no you and I never spoke about it
00:25We didn't we were in that hospital room at 830 in the morning. Yep
00:29and
00:30We did one take of it. Mm-hmm. Chris just said I'm gonna reposition the cameras
00:37Yeah, exactly. No, he said I'm going in tighter. Yeah on all three cameras. I want to go again
00:43We did 25 pages in one take
00:48together and then he said cut
00:52Abby is wrapped and yeah, I'm telling you know if it was 10 15
00:59I know I was like it was it was good morning. I had the full day
01:03You had the whole day
01:05We had just shot an entire episode. I know of that show in one basically in two takes
01:13Yeah
01:27I knew that I was gonna have a labor episode
01:30I did not know that it would be with you what I loved so much when I did finally get to read the script was this isn't about
01:37Birth or it is but it's for the birth is symbolic and it's about
01:43You know the connection and diving into this complicated relationship and she's the last person that I want to call
01:53But the only person that's there when I need someone
01:56Honey, honey, honey, honey. I'm right here. Honey, honey. No, no, no. No, no, no. This is so great. Mom, I love you. No, no, no, you must breathe. No, no, no, you must breathe. No, you must breathe. No, you must breathe. When you watch it and again, maybe now I'll go back and watch it again
02:09Um, you that has that feeling of it being very alive. It's alive. And very live. Yeah, I can't imagine another opportunity where where I would have that
02:23Level of freedom. It was such a wonderful experience and I feel the same way
02:27I feel like that was the most free that I will ever be and the work shows. It's it's a just gorgeous
02:34Gorgeous episode of television and I love doing it with you. I love doing it with you, too
02:40But I'm really lucky that I got to be your scene partner and I feel mother and friend and all that. I respect you great
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