“Blue Bloods” star Donnie Wahlberg and his co-stars, including Tom Selleck, struggled to film the show’s final dinner scene.
In a new interview with Weekly entertainment, Wahlberg talked about the emotional experience of working together for the last time.
“We were all walking this delicate tightrope during the finale, knowing it was the last episode and feeling very emotional every day,” he said.
The 55-year-old boy band star turned actor felt the finale could also be emotional for the show’s loyal viewers. The final dinner scene between the family of NYPD officers and detectives, led by Selleck, could leave fans as teary-eyed as the cast, he said.
“They may be feeling conflicted because of emotions because this is the last episode,” he said. “We definitely went to work every day knowing it was the last episode and trying to hold back the tears and the emotion, and the audience will probably do the same.”
CBS airs the final episode of “Blue Bloods” on Friday, December 13.
“Blue Bloods” star Donnie Wahlberg said audiences will “probably” feel the same emotions as the cast and crew did during the final episode. (CBS)
“I think what I’ll 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, everyone knew that once someone started talking, it was over.”
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“The tissues come out and everyone starts crying, and sure enough, that happened.”
Selleck recited a poem, something he often did during the 14 seasons of the show, and 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 Liebowitz/CBS via Getty Images)
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“The first day we ever filmed was the dinner scene, right? I didn’t have time at the time to be in awe of Tom Selleck or to think, ‘Wow, when I was a little kid, if you told me I was with Tom Selleck for 14 years – or ever – it would be more than I ever imagined.” And now here I am, closing out fourteen years with him, and I allowed myself to think about that while he was talking.”
“The tissues come out and everyone starts crying, and sure enough, that happened.”
“I started crying and didn’t stop for a few hours,” he said.
A lot of the emotion came from working with Selleck after growing up watching him on television with his mother and grandmother, both of whom are now deceased.
Wahlberg said co-star Tom Selleck recited a poem after they finished filming the final dinner scene. (Getty Images)
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Wahlberg said he spoke after Selleck but “could barely get a word in.”
“I don’t know the exact words, but I think I really tried to convey how much the crew meant to me, and that even though it was a very difficult time for all of us to say goodbye, I just kind of encouraged everyone to remember how lucky we all were to be a part of this,” he said “If there is anything that can make you feel good about the end of such a special opportunity, it is certainly it fact that you even had the opportunity to be a part of something like that special. I think that was really what I was trying to do, and that’s how I try to approach it every day.”
In October, Wahlberg said he thinks the public will “be happy.”
Wahlberg previously said he thinks audiences will “be happy” with the show’s finale. (Craig Blankenhorn/CBS via Getty Images)
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“It feels like a finale, but a hopeful, progressive finale,” he shared on Sirius XM Andy Cohen Live.
