One Tree Hill boss wrote himself into a scene with Hilarie Burton when she wasn't speaking to him
'One Tree Hill' star Hilarie Burton says her boss on the teen drama once wrote himself into a scene with her when they weren't on speaking terms: 'It was so creepy.' https://t.co/MIXMcDHSZn
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 27, 2023
On the latest episode of the OTH rewatch podcast Drama Queens, Burton dreaded filming the season 5 episode "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace"because her boss had written himself into a scene with her.
"I wasn't speaking to him in real life, and so he wrote himself into the episode of me hugging him,"
Schwahn wrote the episode in question and also appeared as a character named Max.
Burton's discomfort regarding the script prompted her to invite her father to set that day to help ease her anxiety.
"It was so creepy. I got the script and I was like, 'All right, it's one day of work. It's just one day of work.' And you know my boyfriend's dad [Gregory Prange] was directing, and my brother's on set. There's all these dudes on set and it just wasn't quite enough, so I invited my dad to work this day and my dad came and sat behind the monitor the whole day."
Between takes, Burton would stay close to her father.
"You can't touch me, you can't pull me into a sidebar conversation, you can't do any of that if I'm just making jokes with my dad,"
She went on to share an anecdote about how her dad sent a not-so-subtle message about his daughter by demonstrating his prowess with a bullwhip.
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