{"id":715966,"date":"2026-03-10T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-shawn-hatosy-learned-about-the-pitt-after-directing-his-first-episode\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T07:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:55:08","slug":"what-shawn-hatosy-learned-about-the-pitt-after-directing-his-first-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-shawn-hatosy-learned-about-the-pitt-after-directing-his-first-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"What Shawn Hatosy Learned About \u2018The Pitt\u2019 After Directing His First Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tWhen The Pitt<\/em>\u2018s executive producers first app<\/a>roached Shawn Hatosy with their pitch for Dr. Abbott\u2019s season two arc, he balked. \u201cThere was some discussion early on when I joined the show about how maybe Abbott would come back full-time in season two, so I was eagerly awaiting the news<\/a>,\u201d he explains. \u201cAnd then they came back to me to suggest that he\u2019s in the E.R. in the middle of the season and I was like, what does that mean? Why am I coming in the middle? Am I dying? Am I coming in on a gurney?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe actor came around quickly once the creators explained that they were going to have Dr. Abbott serve as part of a SWAT team. \u201cI loved the idea,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

\n\tHatosy is currently in Toronto filming his next project, the FX limited series<\/a> Cry Wolf, <\/em>alongside Olivia Colman, Brie Larson, showrunner Sarah Treem (The Affair<\/em>) and director Anne Sewitsky. He can\u2019t say much about the series yet, outside of teasing that it\u2019s \u201cone of the best scripts\u201d he\u2019s ever read and that it is the sort of narrative that constantly leaves the viewer off balance. The actor is also looking forward to meeting more fans of The Pitt<\/em> than on his last trip<\/a> to the country. \u201cAnimal Kingdom is huge in Canada, I think it must have been on during COVID or something,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen I was here during the summer, I couldn\u2019t walk to the elevator in my hotel without somebody being like, \u2018Oh my God, you\u2019re Pope.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, he takes a break from set to break down season two, including his The Pitt <\/em>directorial debut.<\/p>\n

\n\tLet\u2019s start with Abbott\u2019s SWAT storyline. When does this man sleep?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI guess he doesn\u2019t. He has his days free and he does all this stuff. I think he\u2019s very lonely and just trying to figure out things to keep him occupied. I really love how he brings up the therapist, because he misses the point in such a big way. I remember having a conversation with my therapist when I gave up drinking, and I was like, I need something. I found tennis through that session. So I can imagine Abbott having a similar conversation, and he probably went and tried to play golf and it was not his thing so he decided to join the SWAT team.<\/p>\n

\n\tWithout giving anything away, I\u2019m curious if, when you were learning about this season\u2019s arc, you thought Robby was actually going to go on his motorcycle trip?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI did. I was disappointed because I thought it was so clear to Abbott through the mass casualty event what his purpose was. Even though he\u2019s a bit confused about how to live that out, because he\u2019s doing SWAT, he\u2019s still trying. I guess this is Robby\u2019s version of self-reflection, but no-helmet motorcycle-riding\u2026 it\u2019s disappointing.<\/p>\n

\n\tHave you ever or will you ever ride a motorcycle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNo. I love the idea of it, but I don\u2019t trust other people. I like to ride a bike, and then when we were shooting the roof scene in season one, that was a functional hospital. We had to stop probably 12 times throughout filming because helicopters were coming in, and our technical advisor was like, yeah those are all bike and motorcycle injuries. It was just like, well, fuck.<\/p>\n

\n\tDid you notice an immedia<\/a>te shift after the success of the first season of The Pitt<\/em>? Did your phone start ringing more?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI guess the phone was ringing. The way I was getting the at-bats was different. The self-tape request would come, and I don\u2019t love to do self-tapes anyways because you\u2019re often guessing at what they want. After some of the success of The Pitt, I was getting into meetings with casting directors rather than having to provide a self-tape. I don\u2019t think Ready or Not 2 would have happened \u2014 they were big fans of The Pitt. I was unfamiliar with the first movie, so when [the script] arrived, I was like, what is this? But I was immediately taken with its dysfunction. It was disturbing and hilarious.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou really engage with the fandom in a way that feels unique. Do you remember the point at which you realized viewers of the show were becoming quite rabid?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI don\u2019t think I understood it as it was happening. I\u2019m certainly somebody that was online and paying attention to stuff, but I wasn\u2019t on TikTok. But then I would see these edits come through, and the comments. Our fan base is so forensic, and they look and read into everything. Around the Emmy nominations, I could sense that it was taking on something totally different. Then Animal Kingdom<\/em> started streaming on Netflix, and it was the confluence of those two things that made me really pay attention to what people were saying. <\/p>\n

\n\tHave you ever felt shy or embarrassed by the attention that is being directed specifically towards you, and often specifically about you being hot? I\u2019m thinking about the reaction to Abbott\u2019s shirtless scene, or even the reaction to the news that he would have a shirtless scene. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI try to never take any of it seriously. Yes, that episode really blew up and it\u2019s weird. Certainly, it creates these lines where things can get a little complicated, like if I\u2019m out in public with my family. I don\u2019t want to be the guy who isn\u2019t taking the picture with the fans because I know that it means something to them. Especially when I\u2019ve talked to fans who are really moved by the show, I\u2019ve had people say they were struggling and then watched Abbott not jump [off the roof]. But then when it comes to me and my pasty, flabby back out in the world, yeah, it can get a little weird. I just try and enjoy it.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou directed episode nine; did that come out of those same discussions about Abbott having a bigger role this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWell, because I\u2019ve worked with John [Wells] for a number of years, I\u2019m always throwing my name out there. I remember last year we were shooting episode 15 and John was directing. Abbott had so much medical [dialogue] that episode \u2014 and I\u2019m not Noah, OK? He\u2019s very good at looking at that day-of and just being able to do it. Like Laurence Olivier. I take a lot of repetition and preparation. So anyways, in between takes, John was like, \u201cWould you want to direct this show?\u201d I\u2019d just directed Rescue High Surf<\/em>, another one of our shows, and it had just aired, so he was asking me if I\u2019d want to do it again and on this show. I was like, I don\u2019t know if I can do Abbott and be a director at the same time. And then I went home that night and thought, Did I just talk myself out of a job?<\/em> So I made sure to call him and say, \u201cI didn\u2019t mean that I don\u2019t want to direct period.\u201d And then I think in season two, somebody ended up not being able to do it, and I was able to step in.<\/p>\n

\n\tDid everything go smoothly?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNo. (Laughs<\/em>.) There were some changes in the script early on, and it caused a whole trauma to be moved into the episode. And Isa had appendicitis, and she had a lot in the episode, so we shot out of order for basically the first time so that we could put her stuff at the end. Also, the first thing that John\u2019s office said to me when they called me about this is, \u201cWe want you to direct but we want you to know that Abbott\u2019s in the episode.\u201d And it was fine, because Abbott isn\u2019t in it a lot. I don\u2019t know how Noah did it [in episode six]. The scene I was most anxious about was filming outside; it was an exterior, and I had Howard with the oxygen on his face and he\u2019s talking through the iPad to his sister on a FaceTime on the screen, and I\u2019m in the scene.<\/p>\n

\n\tWas that actress actually on FaceTime, or is that done in post?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tWe built a little room in the hospital, and the actress was there that day. We had her on the phone and we were able to do it live. Usually, you\u2019d have a script supervisor read those lines and then we would burn in that image on the phone.<\/p>\n

\n\tDid you solicit any advice?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tNoah directed episode six, so he was editing and finishing it at the time. The thing about our show is that our scripts are dense. There\u2019s a lot of pages, and we fly. The dialogue moves very fast, and so much of the show is transitioning from scene to scene in a continuous way. So you can create really beautiful transitions but if the show is long, those are the first things that are going to be cut. I had a couple that I thought were indefensible. I thought they were bulletproof. That they can\u2019t cut them. And of course they did. The episode was very specifically written to start on [with] Robby and Dana at the hub, watching the madness, and then they share a look and she walks over to the bell and starts ringing it. So I created this very cool shot where I was over Robby, looking at the hub, hearing it and it rotated around him and found them both. I loved it, I thought it was the coolest thing ever, and then after the producers got done with the cut, it started with her walking to the bell. I was like, damn it. (Laughs.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\n\tCan fans expect another Abbott-themed playlist for season two?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI was actually just thinking about this. I will do it for sure, because it seemed to be very popular in season one. I like to feed the fans. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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