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But this weeks episode changed everything when Rayna found herself in the hospital following a car accident.
Those were the hardest scenes Ive ever shot by far, Charles Esten tells EW.
But for different reasons.
Some scenes are hard to shoot because you dont know what to do with it.
This is not that.
This is not that either.
This ones very unusual in that its just a tough, hard place to go.
Youre saying goodbye to this character who we authentically love.
On top of that, we were saying goodbye to our friend Connie.
Youre a couple hundred of them,' Esten says.
But that doesnt mean that saying goodbye was easy.
The children made it harder, Esten says.
Anytime you bring kids into the mix, that makes it even more difficult.
Sometimes in acting, you might almost see an actor trying to cry, Esten says.
You never want to get caught doing that.
You always want to be trying to be okay.
To be honest, that has never been more true than in these crucial, painful scenes.
That would be one small light to hang onto in this tough story line, for sure.
This is not that.
And yet, for some reasons, stories and characters they move our hearts.
