Just yesterday, the American drama "Modern Family" that accompanied many people finally ushered in the finale.
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Original title: I don't know these 40 things about "Modern Family", how dare I say I have loved
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Eleven seasons, a total of 250 episodes, countless emotions are finally frozen in the deep embrace of the main actors.
How many people have repeated the show over and over again over the past decade, at the end of meals, in difficult moments, in lonely days, all living by its company.
We have witnessed the young actors grow up, and even more so with the warm American family in the play.
But before the final goodbye, here are 40 things about Modern Family that you need to read.
01
About the kids
Silly little Luke is actually a genius
In the rich character design of "Modern Family", Luke can be simply summarized as "not high IQ, stupid and cute".
But you may not know that Luke's actor, Nolan Gould, passed the exam of the world's top IQ club "Mensa Club" at the age of 4 and became a member.
Wondering what a 4-year-old can do to become a member of Mensa?
At the age of 13, Goode graduated from high school and worked hard to adjust to his acting career while taking college courses.
Normal people have an IQ between 90 and 110, while people familiar with the matter reveal that Goode himself has an IQ of 150.
Do people with high IQs just read? No, you see him playing the banjo at the Ellen Show, he's already fascinated by thousands of girls.
Lily's complex "past"
In recent seasons, the only Asian girl, Lily, has grown into a sharp-toothed little beauty.
However, in the first two seasons, Lily was played by a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses named Ella Hiller and Jaden Hiller, whose parents were carpenters and full-time mothers, because the two babies were not used to being under the camera, so whoever was in good shape could shoot whomever was in good shape.
Earn $200 per episode
The first "appearance" of the character of Lily is actually a plastic doll.
The hardest name to pronounce
Manny's full name in the show is Manuel Alberto Javier Alejandro Delgado. There's no why, but it's just outrageous.
In life, "Big Sister Hayley" has received kidney transplants many times,
She finished filming while resting
Although the role of "Big Sister Hayley" in the play has always been a simple beautiful girl character who eats by her face, she is actually very strong in real life.
In 2012, she underwent her father's kidney transplant, but due to rejection, she had to receive her brother's second transplant in 2017.
Her health improved after the operation, but she still had to take regular medication, steroids and sometimes bed rest. In order to take care of her, the cast and crew wore medical masks to avoid the risk of infection.
But now, in 2019, she and her boyfriend Wells Adams (a contestant in "A Thousand Diamonds") have finally announced their engagement on a personal social networking site after nearly two years of dating.
The eldest sister's ex-boyfriend
Big Sister played by Sarah Sarah Hyland was once influenced by ex-boyfriend Matthew Hyland. Matthew Prokop's abuse, she also received text messages from Prokop's mom, saying, "If he commits suicide, it will be your fault." ”
Prokop's most famous role was playing "Rocket Man" Jimmy Cruising 3. Zara, who played Josh Indy In the Disney original movie Geek Glamour Rosen.
After a series of violent attacks, she decided in early August to partner with Matt Thompson. Prokop breaks up. Later, the Los Angeles County Superior Court granted an emergency no-entry order that ruled that Prokop should not come within 100 yards of her.
Hyland claimed that Prokop "habitually abused" her, abusing her by names like "prostitute" and "slut" and attacking her in her garage after criticizing the clothes she wore last May. Over the next three months, she tried to break up with Prokop, but she feared it would provoke Prokow's anger.
"He also threatened that if I didn't obey, I would never see my dog again."
The second sister was abused by her mother
At the beginning of the casting of Disney's live-action version of "The Little Mermaid", "Second Sister" Ariel Winter was a popular candidate in the hearts of fans.
White-skinned and red-haired, and the same name as "The Little Mermaid", is completely in line with the imagination of fans.
Everyone likes her, not only because she is beautiful, but because her beauty is very positive and energetic, not too pathological.
Unfortunately, as Ariel grew up, she suffered from body shame from her family.
According to the relevant staff recall, Ariel's mother kept mentioning her daughter's weight on the set, thinking that she was too fat, and constantly criticizing her acting skills, which caused a lot of controversy at the time.
What's more, in an interview when Ariel was 19 years old, she once recalled: "When I was a child, my mother would put me in a mini skirt, a sailor suit, and a low-cut suit. When I was 12 years old, people would think I was 24 years old, and if someone asked for my nude photos, my mother would be the first to agree. ”
In 2012, Ariel claimed to have been emotionally and physically abused by her mother and applied to move out of the house.
Fortunately, in 2016, Ariel got permission from the court to move out of her parents' house and live on her own.
The "true face" of the second sister
Presumably, everyone's impression of "Second Sister" is particularly deep, because she is almost the spokesperson of "smart is the new sexy" in the play, which is not only the IQ of the Dun Fei family, but also the top honor student of Caltech.
The second sister who wears a dress in the third season can also be very beautiful
But the real-life Alex is not a boring bully, she once won a purple belt in taekwondo competitions.
02
About adult actors
Claire was older than her stepmother
In the play, Claire is characterd older than gloria, the second wife of her father, Jay.
Coincidentally, Julie Bowen, the actress who plays Claire, is also 2 years older than her stepmother, Sofía Vergara.
There is no doubt that it is a modern family.
Julie was pregnant with twins to play Claire in the first season
Julie Bowen was actually more than 8 months pregnant during the pilot episode (the first episode of the show). She told USA Today that she had fallen in love with the script when she first read it, but that such "timing" had caused her a lot of trouble.
Therefore, in the filming of the first episode, Bowen had to cover her stomach with various props such as laundry baskets.
Craig P. T. Nelson almost played Jay
One of the most popular characters in the show is Jay Pritchett, a middle-class white American family with a rich family, a keen sportsman, and even a little homophobia.
Although everyone particularly liked the role-playing actor Ed O'Neil's humane interpretation and the sparkling rivalry between him and his young and beautiful wife in the play, the role almost missed him.
The show's casting director, Jeff Greenberg, said that at first they started with Ed and another highly popular Craig Greenberg in the United States. Craig T. Nelson hesitated.
Craig is an American actor who co-voiced him in The Incredibles
Later, after much deliberation, they chose Craig, but unfortunately, although Craig himself liked the role very much, he gave too high an offer and never negotiated with the filmmakers.
Screenshot from the American drama Young Sheldon, Craig plays sheldon's grandmother's boyfriend and sheriff's sister's baseball coach
After a week of fruitless discussions with Craig, the filmmakers turned to the "second choice" Ed, and Ed himself was very optimistic about the potential of "Modern Family", and he liked the role and decisively seized the opportunity.
This is the "old kid" role that makes us extremely popular today.
Dad Phil almost let "Joey" play
Coincidentally, like his "old man", the role of Dad Phil did not belong to Ty Burrel.
The crew first picked Out Joey's actor Matt LeBlanc in "Friends"!
Yes, you read that right, it's Joey.
In 2009, LeBron told USA Today that he was approached by the crew at the beginning to play Phil, and LeBron happened to be starring in NBC's Friends spin-off "Joey" at the time.
LeBron recalls: "I remember reading the script and thinking, this book is too well written, but I am not suitable for this role, and if it is really next, it will be too unfair to the project." 」 I know what I'm suitable for and where the limitations are. ”
At the end, he added: "By the way, I enjoy lying on the couch so much. ”
He then declined the filmmaker's offer.
At first, the playwright was not optimistic about Tai, and also made room at home to make a set, and played with the "eldest daughter Hayley", who had already decided on the role, to see if he could play the feeling between father and daughter.
Luckily, Ty got the role.
Jay's character almost became a rugby player
Jay, who is keen on various sports in the play, also has a deep relationship with sports outside the play.
In 1969, Ed signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an outside defender, but was eliminated in training and was released before the start of the regular season, but he did not sign other teams later.
In the high-pasty photos of the early years of the team, can you see Jay's shadow?
It wasn't until 1977 that he moved to New York to start his acting career.
By the way, Ed used to be a social studies teacher at Ursuline High School.
"Cam" is not gay in real life
In an interview with the Huffington Post in the early years, Cam also joked that his personality and Cam have similarities, "picky and imperious", and mentioned that after the broadcast of "Modern Family", many gay fans came to "shake" his sexual orientation.
Although the small card in the play makes homosexuality come alive, in real life, the actor Eric Stonesteet is a real straight man, and there are many girlfriends.
In 2016, Eric met nurse Lindsay Schweitzer at a charity event in Kansas City, and he joked, "Dating a nurse stabilizes your mood." ”
But Eric doesn't want the media to disturb his own private life, so the sweet details can only be made up by fans.
Jay plays the two daughters
Jay played by Ed O'Neill has two daughters, named Sophia and Claire.
In "Modern Family", Jay's wife is also played by Sophia, and the daughter's name in the play is Claire.
What coincidence is this?
Jay is a master black belt
Jay, who doesn't seem to be flexible, is actually a judo master.
According to the media, Ed spent 15 years getting a black belt on the Brazilian Ju-Jitsu project.
Mitchell and Jay's father-son relationship is based on the actor's real life
Quite different from cam, Mitch's character, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, is truly gay.
Mitch's boyfriend, Justin Mikita, is a lawyer in life, and Mitch plays a lawyer in the show, so it's no wonder fans wonder if the two will secretly be at home about the script.
(Note: Eric, who plays Cam, studied criminal justice in college before starting his acting career, which is a wonderful fate)
Interestingly, in reality, Jesse had to come out to his father on several completely different occasions, until the third time, when his father finally believed and accepted him.
When the screenwriter learned of this situation, he immediately arranged the same exit bridge for Mitch.
A total of 6 times to the straight man "dad" came out, such an experience, think about it feel sour.
Phil's bar
In the play, Phil's father runs a bar in Utah, and in real life, Ty once ran a bar called "Bar X" with his brother Duncan in Salt Lake City.
Pham, one of the best new chefs by Food & Wine magazine in 2011, cooks sausages and Belgian fries at Bar X. The restaurant also serves local bread, as well as 150 different beers.
Tai has lived in Salt Lake City since 2008.
"Fizbo the Clown" is "Cam" himself
In The Modern Family, Fizbo the clown is a character cam that he likes to play so much that he not only dresses up as Fizbo at the birthday party to celebrate the children's birthday, but even takes Fizbo to the streets of Paris.
Two Fizbo meet on the streets of Paris
Thanks to the support of his parents and the clothes made by his clever grandmother with a sewing machine, Eric was able to bring joy to the children at various birthday parties in the local area before he became an actor.
Today Fizbo is the pistachio of audiences all over the world.
"Claire"'s heart trouble
Claire's character has been wearing a pacemaker since his 20s due to heart disease.
The "beautiful stepmother" almost became a dentist
Gloria is played by Sofia Vergara, who is only a year away from a professional dentist.
In real life, she was originally studying pre-dental in Columbia, but when she was two semesters away from graduation, she dropped out of school because she couldn't finish her studies because she was involved in modeling and catwalking.
Gloria confessed on the talk show: "I wanted to be a doctor, but it took too much time, so I went to dentist school but couldn't finish it." ”
Only singing can make the sexy and toned Gloria timid, but she herself is quite confident
Vergara's brother, who was victim of a kidnapping in 1998, moved to Miami to begin her acting career in the United States.
Phil was "homeless"
While studying at Penn State, Phil's character, Ty, used to live in a motorhome and didn't rent a house in order to save money.
The family's motorhome trip in the fourth season doesn't know if it will remind Phil's father of the old days
"Beautiful Stepmother" fights cancer
Sofia · Vergara was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000, when she was 28 years old, but has made a full recovery after treatment.
blessing.
03
Cameo collection
There is no shortage of big-name cameos in popular American dramas, and "Modern Family" is even more so.
Jesse Eisenberg, who won an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for The Social Network, is an annoying neighbor:
Edward Norton, who was once nominated for an Oscar for actor, also made a cameo appearance as a band member in the play, where can see the shadow of the tough guy in "Fight Club".
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the protagonist and creator of Broadway's top musical, Hamilton, once made a cameo appearance as Gloria's dog trainer.
"Sweetie" Britney almost made a cameo in the third season
As the "number one fan" of the modern family, Britney Spears specifically called the film before the third season aired, hoping to have a cameo role in the show.
The production team gladly agreed, but Britney herself was very full, and when she had time to discuss the matter with the crew, all the "cameo actor pits" in the play were filled.
Britney never made a cameo role in Modern Family.
But rounding is also counted as a mirror
Beckham and Friends monica
The most surprising thing is that in season 11, Beckham and Monica in "Friends" appeared in pairs, appeared in the two in the show, and staged a farce with the protagonists.
Bryant
The last episode of the first season of "Modern Family" left the first family portrait of the whole series.
Claire, who pursues perfection, is afraid of making a mistake in the group photo, busy dressing in uniform, arranging the position, but that day there are frequent accidents, the steps fall into disrepair, Mitch makes a mess of his home in order to catch the pigeons, and Phil who went to see the Lakers game is still late...
It was also in this episode that Bryant made a cameo because of the filming of the Lakers game. Even if Kobe Bryant of "True Color" only made a brief appearance, this Easter egg made fans particularly excited.
04
About modern families
It almost turned into a cartoon
Since the release of "Modern Family", its "pseudo-documentary" form has been loved by many people.
But at first, the creators weren't very confident, and they were ready to make it into an animated series because they were worried that the series wouldn't appeal to the children.
Later, abandoning the animation route, they originally set jay to live together as an exchange student from the Netherlands.
Steve Leviathan, co-creator of "Modern Family," said that at first they intended to make the exchange student fall in love with his daughter Claire, and at the same time, let his son Mitchell develop a crush on him.
I can only say that I thank the project team for their mercy.
Modern families are loved by the wealthy
Previously, mainstream television stations in the United States had done a survey of the audience, and they were surprised to find that the rich community liked the drama "Modern Family".
In fact, among families earning more than $200,000 a year, Modern Family ranks second in popularity.
So some fans joked: "Modern family? Why not change the name to wealthy families? ”
As for the number one drama in the rich group? I won't tell you.
The Obama family's favorite
You may not believe it, but the number one fans of Modern Family include the former "First Family in America".
Mr. Obama once said in interviews that one of his favorite TV series is "Modern Family", which he usually watches with his wife, Michelle, and his two daughters.
Michelle also revealed that she will also record some episodes and keep them for later.
Obama laughed with "Modern Family" stars Sofia Wigara, Julie Bowen and Jesse Taylor Ferguson at the White House Press Dinner in April 2012.
"Historic Kissing"
The kissing chart you see is the first same-sex kiss in a prime-time TV series in American history.
This historic moment comes from Modern Family.
A newspaper that has remained unchanged for 20 years
Even if you're a die-hard Fan of Modern Family, there's no guarantee you'll notice the hidden Easter eggs in the show.
For 11 years when Modern Family aired, Jay's character had been reading the same newspaper.
And this newspaper is the newspaper that actor Ed reads as Al Bundy in the movie "Dragging the Family with mouth".
The picture above is "Dragging the Family with the Mouth" The picture below is "Modern Family."
Everyone's beloved dog, Stella, died after filming the series finale
For Fans of Modern Family, February 21 of this year is a sad day, as Stella, the sitcom's beloved dog, died a few days after the filming of Season 11, at the age of ten.
The French bulldog, whose real name is Beatrice, was brought into the show in season four after another dog named Brigitte left the cast.
Mitch's character, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, paid tribute to the dog on Twitter, saying, "Rest in peace, dear Beatrice." We love you very much. ”
Phil's House
People who are familiar with American dramas know that most of the American dramas are actually completed by the crew themselves, not the real house.
For example, "Friends"
But Modern Family is an exception.
The Phil House, which featured a lot of scenes, is located in West Los Angeles in the Cheviate Hills region, and the 2,792-square-foot exterior, four-bedroom house is often borrowed by ABC's film crews for filming.
It was already sold for $2.15 million in 2014, so for shooting after that, the studio pays the owner when location shooting is needed.
In the second episode of the seventh season, the strange house that resembles the "spaceship" is actually the house of Ma Boqian's father.
In this episode, Phil takes clients to see a house. The house looked strange, called a "house that could not be sold" by the real estate agent, and it was not sold for two years, almost destroying all the real estate agents in the city.
The exterior of the house is boat-shaped, and the layout inside is also tortuous and complex, full of mysterious colors. Phil called it a "strange spaceship."
And this "strange spaceship" is actually the home of Ma Boqian, the runner-up of "Children of Tomorrow", whose father is the internationally famous architect Ma Qingyun, who personally designed the house.
Ma Boqian introduced his home in his Vlog, saying, "My house doesn't look like a normal home, it's actually more like a museum that looks like an outer spaceship." ”
Actors are always available to provide script inspiration
Eric, who plays Cam, is a very proud Kansas City native, and the writers often come to him for advice to make sure that the jokes and memes about small town life are correct.
There is no male or female protagonist
From the first season, all the actors have reached a pact that everyone will see themselves as a supporting role, and will only accept the relevant awards in the best supporting role category, and will never identify themselves as the core protagonist.
In this big family, no one is more important than anyone else.
The above actors who play their parents have been nominated for more than one Emmy Award
Collective salary increases
If you've been a fan of the show for a long time, you've probably noticed a delay in the broadcast of the fourth season.
The reason is simple, because of the extremely high ratings and word-of-mouth popularity, the actors asked for a collective salary increase.
After careful consideration, the studio gave every member of the "Modern Family" a big raise and promised to raise it every quarter.
Later, several adult characters starred, earning about $200,000 to $250,000 per episode. The salaries of the ninth and tenth seasons have reached another height.
Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Ed O'Neil all have $500,000 per episode.
Before the return of the tenth season, the young actors also negotiated their salaries. Rodriguez, Gould and Winter have reportedly negotiated together.
All the kids are expected to get a raise from the $100,000 per episode of the past few years. Their salaries in seasons nine and ten were $125,000 per episode.
The final quarter, the eleventh quarter salary, is unknown, but it is only possible to be higher.
Numerous awards
Modern Family has won 21 Emmy Awards and six Screen Actors Guild awards in the past.
It has been one of the highest-rated comedies in primetime. Even after the ratings declined, the lowest one in 2019 was watched by 4.21 million people.
Interestingly, this drama has also won the Gay and Heterosexual Education Network Respect Award.
Launched in 2004 and held annually in Los Angeles and New York, the GLSEN Respect Award showcases the work of students, educators, community leaders, and companies who are role models who have had a significant impact on the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) youth.
It was awarded for "very positive content and a storyline that reflects a diverse America."
Thank you to the fans who have been chasing the drama for 11 years, and thank you to the modern families who have brought us countless happiness.
Good night.
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