”Blue Bloods' co-stars, including stars Donnie Wahlberg and Tom Selleck, struggled to finish filming the show's final dinner scene.
In a new interview with entertainment weekly, Wahlberg shared an emotional experience the last time they worked together.
“During the finale, we were all walking a really delicate tightrope. We knew this was the last episode and we were so emotional every day,” he said.
The 55-year-old boy band star turned actor felt the finale could be emotional for the show's loyal viewers as well. He said the final dinner scene between NYPD officers and the families of Selleck's detectives may leave fans as tearful as the cast.
“Maybe I'm sitting there struggling with my emotions because it's the final episode,” he said. “We definitely went to work every day knowing this was the final episode and tried to hold back the tears and emotions, and I'm sure our viewers will do the same.”
CBS will air the final episode of “Blue Bloods” on Friday, December 13th.
Blue Bloods star Donnie Wahlberg said viewers will “probably feel” the same emotions that the cast and crew felt during the final episode. (CBS)
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“I think what I remember most is when we finished filming,” Wahlberg said. “We all sat there for a long time, and I think everyone was hesitant to say anything to say goodbye, because A, no one wanted to, and B. , because everyone knew that if someone started talking, it was over.”
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“The tissues would come out and everyone would start crying, and sure enough, they started crying.”
Selleck read a poem, something he often did during the show's 14-season run, but this time the impact was even more emotional, Wahlberg said.
Filming the show's final family dinner scene brought the cast and crew to tears. (Eric Leibowitz/CBS via Getty Images)
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“The first day we shot it was a dinner scene, right? At the time, I didn't have time to be in awe of Tom Selleck or think, 'Wow, I wish he'd asked me to work with him when we were kids.'” Tom Selleck If I've been on Selec for 14 years or ever, it's going to be more than I ever dreamed. ”And now here I am, ending 14 years with him, and while he was talking, I decided to think about it. ”
“The tissues would come out and everyone would start crying, and sure enough, they started crying.”
“I started crying and couldn't stop for several hours,” he said.
Much of that feeling comes from working with Selleck after growing up watching him on TV with his mother and grandmother, both of whom are now deceased.
Director Wahlberg said co-star Tom Selleck read a poem to him after he finished filming the final dinner scene. (Getty Images)
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Mr. Wahlberg spoke after Mr. Selleck, but said he “could hardly get a word out.”
“I don't know the exact words, but I just want to say how much my crew means to me and even though it was a really difficult time for all of us to say goodbye, I'm just encouraging them. “I think we really tried to convey that, 'Remember how lucky we all are to be a part of this,'” he said. “If there's anything that makes it okay for such a special occasion to end, it's definitely the fact that I even had the opportunity to be a part of something so special in the first place. I think that's where the effort was, “Go,'' and that's how I try to approach it every day. ”
Wahlberg said in October that he thought audiences “will be happy.”
Wahlberg previously said he thinks viewers “will be satisfied” with the show's finale. (Craig Blankenhorn/CBS via Getty Images)
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“It feels like a finale, but it's a hopeful and positive finale,” he said on SiriusXM Andy Cohen Live.
