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Blue Bloods Cast Could Eat During Family Dinners, With One Rule
The Reagan family dinners were a central part of Blue Bloods, the series about a family involved in law enforcement.
Prop master Jim Lillis said actors could eat during the dinner scenes, but they were not meant to deliver lines with food in their mouths.
The scenes took six to eight hours to film, according to Tom Selleck, who played family patriarch Frank Reagan.
The cast found ways to handle the long shoots, including pretending to eat or carefully combining food on their plates.
Donnie Wahlberg said he sometimes had Danny talk with his mouth full, going against the usual rule.
After the series ended, Wahlberg took the dinner table from the set to his family-run restaurant, Wahlburgers, where fans can see it.
Actors on Blue Bloods were allowed to eat during the Reagan family dinner scenes, but prop master Jim Lillis said they could not deliver lines with food in their mouths.
The cast’s dinner scenes could take six to eight hours to film, according to Tom Selleck.
Donnie Wahlberg said he played Danny as someone who talked with his mouth full at dinner.
After Blue Bloods was cancelled following 14 seasons, Wahlberg took the dinner table from the set to his family-run restaurant, Wahlburgers.
- Who
- The cast of Blue Bloods, including Donnie Wahlberg, filmed the Reagan family dinners.
- What
- Actors could eat during the scenes, but were not supposed to deliver lines with their mouths full.
- When
- The series ran for 14 seasons. Specific dates for the filming and cancellation are not stated.
- Where
- The dinner scenes were filmed on the Blue Bloods set; the family dinner table was later placed at Wahlburgers.
- Why
- The rule was intended to make filming the dinner scenes more manageable.
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The cast filmed Reagan family dinner scenes that Selleck said took six to eight hours.
Wahlberg took the dinner table from the set and placed it in his family-run restaurant, Wahlburgers.
- Series
- Blue Bloods
- Run
- 14 seasons
- Dinner-scene filming time
- Six to eight hours, according to Tom Selleck
- Food rule
- Actors could eat but were not to deliver lines with their mouths full
- Restaurant
- Wahlburgers
What people are saying
Danny is kind of a bull in a china shop. The best way to play that at dinner is to talk a lot with his mouth full
It's an incredible blessing to have that dinner scene as a check-in every week, much like the Reagans do, fictionally,
Bridget [Moynahan] is a food masher. She keeps her hand real active and combines her potatoes and everything. I butter rolls.
I kept eating and I realized, 'Oh, you can't eat 17 rolls,'