Unexpected Pregnancy Of 12 Actresses And Directors' Perfect Reactions

TV series and movies take a long time to film. During the procedure, several actresses got pregnant unexpectedly. Pregnancy is a challenge to these actresses and crew members. It is stressful and exhausting at the studio while carrying a fetus. Of course, future newborns and mommy actresses are not wrong at all. Working with pregnant stars requires compassion, patience, understanding, and respect, which are not every director's characteristics.
However, some directors and filmmakers find out how to smooth the process when their lead actresses get pregnant out of the blue. Instead of avoiding working with these stars and accusing them of violating the contract to remove them, great directors set up a suitable filming plan and encouraged the actresses to complete their tasks. It would have been a big mess if the directors had reacted differently.
We have gathered some heartwarming situations when lead female stars, moviemakers, and co-colleagues stand together to get through pregnancy while processing the filmmaking. What were their solutions? How did they end up? Please keep reading till the end to get the answer!

#1. Alyssa Milano - Mistresses

Source: ABC

Before the beginning of filming of Season 2 of Mistress, Alyssa Milano, who played the role of Savannah Davis, was pregnant. The crew helped her to hide it by letting her wear dark-color oversized outfits and carry bulky bags, and pillows to cover her lower belly. Plus, the actress was often behind bags and menus.

#2. Caterina Scorsone - Grey’s Anatomy

Source: ABC

She was pregnant 3 times during the filming. Her first and third pregnancies were scripted. The series' creators decided to give her character a chance to become a happy mother eventually.

#3. Rosamund Pike - Jack Reacher

Source: Paramount Pictures

Costume designers prepared black clothing for her while imaging directors and cameramen tried to make her look great in frames. Also, they shortened the action filming to a three-day process.

#4. Candice King - The Vampire Diaries

Source: CBS

The vampire Caroline got pregnant in season 7. Also, her character was pregnant with twins. Thus, her baby bump wasn’t big enough so she had to wear an additional fake tummy.

#5. Jenna Fischer - The Office

Source: NBC

Pam, her character, already had a child. Hence, the actress was too afraid to confess her pregnancy. However, her tactic didn’t work long enough and everybody knew it. Finally, the series scriptwriters decided to fit her pregnancy into the series.

#6. Emily Deschanel - Bones

Source: 20th Century Fox Television

The actress and her character got pregnant at the same time. However, the actress gave birth to her baby a bit earlier than her characters. Thus, she had to wear an artificial tummy after childbirth to film one episode.

#7. Anne Hathaway - The Witches

Source: Warner Bros.

The Grand High Witch was pregnant halfway through the movie filming. The costume designers had to loosen all the dresses so they wouldn’t strangle her waist.

#8. Jennifer Garner - Alias

Source: Touchstone Television

After knowing the lead actress’s pregnancy, scriptwriters rewrote the whole season 5. They also added a new character to help her with the action scenes so she could complete the series without being exhausted.

#9. Marcia Cross - Desperate Housewives

Source: ABC

She was pregnant with twins so the series creators couldn’t hide it. They coped with a new plan. Bree started to wear more sweaters and do close-up shots only. In most of her scenes, she was hiding her tummy.

#10. Ginnifer Goodwin - Once Upon a Time

Source: ABC

While filming the 3rd season of the series, the Snow White actress announced her pregnancy. The showrunners decided to change the script and let the on-set royal couple have a baby.

#11. Melissa Rauch - The Big Bang Theory

Source: Chuck Lorre Production

 The show creators were so shocked by her pregnancy that they thought of a brand new interesting plot. There, the character's husband was stunned by his wife looking forward to the second baby so soon after their first one.

#12. Gillian Anderson - The X-FIles

Source: 20th Century Fox Television

At the beginning of her pregnancy, they tried to conceal it with special angles and oversized clothes. When her tummy was bigger, they let her rest contemporarily by scripting her character being abducted by aliens.
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