Mark Pellegrino Looks Back on "ER"

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Pellegrino signed into County General on in Season 2 as an alcoholic who learns he's gotten AIDS from his junkie girlfriend. Pellegrino remembers that the scene where his character receives the bad news was a challenge, in part because of the subject matter and in part because of the series' trademark Steadicam sprints.

"When they say 'Action,' they're three rooms down from you. You hear the scenes going on in there, and they do it continuously in the hallway, and there's more scenes there and then in another room," he says. "It becomes very difficult to remain focused on what your intent and purpose is when you have to time it for when they come into your room."



Still, he remembers, the episode's director Richard Thorpe was pleased with the winning take.

"He looked at me and he goes, 'I'm going to take credit for that.'"

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