Elisabeth Moss Reveals the Truth Behind Peggy Olson's Iconic Mad Men Hallway Scene

Sure it may have looked amazing, but it wasn't the easiest to film

By Chris Harnick Jun 05, 2015 1:34 PMTags
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Elisabeth Moss knows you love that iconic Mad Men scene where Peggy Olson struts down that hallway like a BOSS. But, sorry to burst any bubbles, she revealed on Late Night With Seth Meyers that the scene wasn't that very fun to shoot.

"Was that as much fun to shoot as it was to watch?" Seth Meyers asked her.

"No," Moss quickly responded. "It was not cool at all. I was holding this box...everything on Mad Men is super real, so they made the box really heavy. I was like, 'I can act that,' but no, so it was really heavy. And the painting was kind of awkward and kind of large and they wanted me to hold it so you could see it in certain shots and then the cigarette is actually really difficult to do. James Dean makes it look super cool and easy, but it's actually really hard to hold a cigarette in your mouth and walk and then the sunglasses...I was just trying to look cool, trying not to drop the painting, trying not to bump into the walls."

To accomplish all this, she asked them to play "Staying Alive," of course. "It was hard," she said with a laugh.

Moss also revealed how they shot that phone call scene between Don (Jon Hamm) and Peggy for the finale. Hint: her cats were somehow involved. Why wouldn't they be? Click play on the video above for that awesome story.

Late Night With Seth Meyers airs weeknights at 12:30 a.m. on NBC.

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