A MILLION LITTLE THINGS: Romany Malco and Christina Moses Tease the New ABC Drama

Yes, ABC’s new drama A MILLION LITTLE THINGS is emotional—a close-knit group of friends is rocked when one member takes their own life—but the series isn’t just about inducing tears from its viewers.

What helps is the show also boasts an all-star acting lineup (many of whom have led their own shows in the past), which means they can tackle the highs and lows of life post-loss with ease: David Giuntoli (Eddie), Ron Livingston (Jon), Romany Malco (Rome), Allison Miller (Maggie), Christina Moses (Regina), Christina Ochoa (Ashley), Grace Park (Katherine), James Roday (Gary), Stephanie Szostak (Delilah), and Lizzy Greene (Sophie). 

The series-opening death helps put some things in perspective for the survivors, and pushes many of them into action. “You come across some people who are a bit content in their lack of fulfillment,” Malco explains. “And losing such a close friend, a meaningful friend, so unexpectedly is the catalyst for us no longer being content and seeking out a more fulfilling lives.”

“It’s that uncomfortable comfortable,” Moses adds. “Where you’re content and think you can do things forever; we deceive ourselves into thinking, ‘This isn’t happening and that’s okay.’ But if you really ask yourself, you’d know you’re not okay. [Then you ask] that kind of question of ‘What would you do if you knew you could not fail?’”

Though the friend group has their own issues (one recently beat cancer, one is struggling with depression, one lost their restaurant, and another is in a bad marriage and has turned elsewhere), the seemingly perfect life of their deceased friend also serves to further rattle them.

“The one of us that passes away seems like he was living [a life] that everyone would aspire to,” Malco points out. “It made us go, let’s not let it drive us to that.”

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