Let it be known: the desk in the Oval Office is no place for the splits.
Even if it’s the fake Oval Office set onThe West Wing.
But it’s also her most cherished memory.
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“I have a picture of it somewhere,” Procter, 51, tells EW with a laugh.
This is the Oval Office!'
And I was like, ‘Well, not really.
It’s a set.’
But they did not think that the splits should be done atop the desk."
Even before she arrived on set, she already knew this role would be a career highlight.
“I had a very stoic Southern father,” she remembers.
It was so sweet.
So that’s how it began for me.
My parents were very proud that I had been asked to join such a prestigious show."
“He was a teenage heartthrob!”
Procter admits with a laugh.
“Like he just thinks they are the dreamiest.
It made cultivating that relationship very easy because he made me feel special.”
But Lowe wasn’t the only one fromThe West Wingthat Procter looks back with fond memories.
“I think about dancing withAllison Janney.”
“We created this really nice flow with one another,” she adds.
“And that was entirely him, that rhythm and kindness that those two characters have for each other.
He was really instrumental in making that happen.
And he was so special: he did that with everybody.”
“John was the loveliest,” she says.
“Because Southern women are very strong.
IfThe West Wingwas on today, Procter knows it would be a very different show.
But she also has high hopes for what Ainsley would be doing now.
“But what do I think she’s probably doing?
And she’d definitely be urging everyone to use their voices at the polls by voting.
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