A Director Calls for Lights, Camera and Depression

Dear Diary:

On the “New York Street” of the Universal Studios back lot in Universal City, Calif., while filming the finale of ABC’s “Revenge,” the assistant director, Johnny Haddad, called out to his 130 background actors:

“People! You’re in New York! You’re on your phones! You’re walking fast! You’re unhappy!”

As a co-executive producer and co-writer of the episode, I was standing at the monitors and chuckled as I heard this.
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