The cast of Modern Family had already reached emotional depletion, shooting their final group hug, when director Gail Mancuso told them one more take was needed. "We were getting ready to call it a day, and I went in and said, 'You’re not going to like this note.
It just got too emotional too soon,' " says Mancuso. "They’re like, 'No! You can’t make us do it again.' " But, at Mancuso’s behest, the cast went in for one last hug, nailing the take that closes the 11-year series.
A bookend may be an episode etched in television history, but to Mancuso, it had the same requirements as every other chapter of the show. "Every episode is historic," says the two-time Emmy winner.
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