Abby Elliott reveals how the anxiety of this season compares to the previous two on FX's 'The Bear.' Plus, she talks shooting in Chicago and possibly directing or writing her own episode.
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00:00How do you feel like the anxiety of this season compares to the previous two?
00:05Still just as anxious. Yeah, it's not more.
00:10Yeah, no, I think, you know, we're all in different places.
00:13Our characters are kind of moving forward.
00:15And, you know, for my character Natalie, she's pregnant.
00:18She's dealing with the anxiety of becoming a parent.
00:21And, you know, grappling with her familial trauma.
00:26Her mom, we saw in season two.
00:30And, yeah, so I think that, you know, her focus is really on the restaurant.
00:37And she's kind of pushing this other part of her aside.
00:40That is kind of, it's coming, regardless of what she does.
00:48And we know Ayo directs an episode this season.
00:50What was that, were you in that episode?
00:51What was that like having her direct?
00:54You know, it's a beautiful episode.
00:56And no spoilers, I'm not in it.
00:59I can see why.
01:00Yes, yeah.
01:02But, you know, she shadowed last season.
01:06And having her on set, like she was so helpful.
01:09Just in terms of, you know, ideas and creativity.
01:14And so I'm just so thrilled for her.
01:17And her episode is beautiful.
01:18And, yeah.
01:20Are you going to hop behind the camera at some point?
01:22I heard Chris is very open to you guys kind of cycling through.
01:25I would love it.
01:27I also would love to write.
01:29I, you know, we improvise a lot.
01:32So the idea of writing and directing sounds really appealing to me.
01:37And what is it like for you guys shooting in Chicago now?
01:40I feel like you guys must be like the Beatles walking around the city.
01:43It's really great.
01:44I mean, they're so welcoming.
01:45Especially the restaurant industry.
01:48You know, every restaurant there kind of recognizes us when we come in.
01:53And that's wild.
01:55Especially with little kids who make messes.
01:58We all have such a respect for what the restaurant industry does.
02:02And restaurant workers do.
02:04So, you know, I'm on the floor picking up every last crumb now.
02:08That's true.
02:09Now they can trace it back because they know who it came from.
02:11Truly, truly.