The actor mixed up two very different showsSourced
He thought it was This Is Us.
It was The Last of Us.
When actor Joe Pantoliano heard about a role in The Last of Us, he initially thought it was for This Is Us, a series on which a friend worked as a producer. The similar titles masked very different shows.
One phrase changes
the whole assignment.
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