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The harrowing moment left the country singer broken and unsure where her life would go from there.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Was it always the plan to have this information come to light?
Had this past abuse always been part of Juliettes story?MARSHALL HERSKOVITZ: Its an interesting question.
Sometimes its hard to work backwards to figure out when something solidified like that.
I think when we started to think about this year thats when it happened.
The timing of this story line is crazy.
This is one of those things in our society that people are afraid to look at.
Theyre afraid to see how widespread it is and how deeply, deeply, damaging it is to people.
Maybe its the zeitgeist, I dont know.
How important was it for you to have Juliette confront this now in the shows finale season?
Most people say, Get out of there!
Dont join a cult!
Its not just one thing.
So its walking a fine line any more than that I cant say without giving things away.
Juliette has this kind of addictive streak where she just throws herself into things.
In other words, we wanted a process whereby she could go deeper.
How is this going to affect her relationship with Avery?
Lets talk about Haydens acting in that scene and the one immediately following it.
She just looks completely broken sitting there with the blanket around her.
Was it hard for her to go there?I stand in awe of Hayden, I really do.
I find her to be the most extraordinary actress.
She goes where she has to go and she does it with so little fuss.
That was probably take one.
Shes just, Thats what you need?
Okay, Im doing it.
Shes amazing that way.
She was very supportive of the part.
The NSYNC moment was not in response to Juliette, it was really in response to the boys themselves.
So, its an interesting counterpoint to Juliette, but I dont think that was our instinct.
That was a happy surprise.
It was one of the best musical moments Ive seen on TV recently.
In the end they all just went for it.
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