Sarah Hyland on Modern Family legacy
by Tufail: Modern Family
Sarah Hyland booked and shot the pilot for Modern Family with a simple hope that it would get picked up, then hoped for a second season once production started. She states that it has not yet hit her how culturally important the show was. People from younger generations consider Modern Family to be like Friends, but she finds this comparison difficult to accept because she was part of the show. She describes feeling imposter syndrome regarding the show's cultural impact while believing the writers were the best thing about the series. Sarah believes the show did a huge service to the world by making it acceptable for everyone to be who they are.
Transcript (en)
It's wild. I mean, when I booked the pilot, we shot the pilot, it was just another one of those things where you're like, well, hope it gets picked up. And then you start shooting it and you're like, well, hope we get a second season. And I don't think it ever, I still think that it hasn't hit me to this day of how culturally important it was. It really was. And people from the younger generation, like call it like their friends. And to me, that doesn't make sense in my head because it's something that I was a part of. And that's just, it's like a bit imposter syndrome-y, I guess. Yeah. And it's just, but it's, our writers were the best things in that show. I think it did such a huge service to the world too. Like we've got to find banners and titles that make it acceptable for everyone to be who they are and have that be okay. Yes. Everybody, all of it. Yes. Not one thing, all of it. Yes.
