Malorie Felt

Some behind the scenes photos from my experience on Found. I actually shot this almost a year ago!! NBC originally approved 8 episodes that would premiere in the spring as a half season, but they pushed the release of the show to the fall after they ordered more episodes. It’s been a long wait and an exhausting year, but this has definitely been a huge bright spot amidst the difficulties. My shoot day went by in a blur. They called me to set a few minutes before they were done filming the scene they were working on. The writer introduced herself to me, and I met the director. While I was waiting in my chair, the whole main cast came up to me to introduce themselves, even though I wasn’t going to be working with them all. Everyone was incredibly kind and welcoming.

Finally, when it was time for my scene, Shanola, Kelli, and I went to our designated spots. After they shot the wide or “establishing” shot, they immediately moved to shooting my closeup. We did a take, the director came up and gave me a small note, Shanola and Kelli helped fix my hair, and we did another. After two takes, the director said we could move on to Shanola and Kelli’s closeups. Shanola then exclaimed, “Okay, Miss Two-Takes!! Malorie came to work, y’all!” And she gave me a big hug. You. Guys. My soul left my body and I was so freaking proud of myself.

Side note: Shanola made sure to learn the names of EVERYONE on set, treated us with professional respect, and is a literal ray of sunshine. She sings as if her life is a musical and she is very playful. I cannot express how thankful I am that she was with me while I was secretly terrified inside. Kelli was an absolute gem. She’s much more calm and quiet than Shanola, and was very gracious when I asked to take a photo with her. She is one of my role models who has the career that I would love to have. Meeting and working with her was a dream come true.

After my scene wrapped, everyone applauded (it’s tradition to applaud when a character wraps), and Shanola ran off to squeeze in another quick scene, so I didn’t get a picture with her. But that’s okay. She treated me as an equal on set and I will never forget this experience.