Below, Thompson, 33, tells PEOPLE about Madison’s growth on This Is Us and how she’s aware that many viewers may still be holding out hope for a reunion between Kevin and his childhood sweetheart, Sophie .
It’s definitely evolved beyond what I expected, but for the first season it was just little pops into the Overeaters Anonymous meetings.
So I had my own idea and then as the scripts evolved and I saw more and, I kind of plugged in the new information, but no.
Whether they’re for your character with Kevin or they’re against it, it’s just cool for me that people are there to give it a shot and they’re invested enough in the story to have an opinion.
In a recent episode, there were those quick cuts of Kevin’s exes looking at the news of Kevin and Madison’s engagement on the front page of a tabloid magazine.
Obviously I can’t give away too much, but I think everything that is shown on the show has a purpose in one way or another.
But yeah, they will be able to see more of her story and explain where she came from and how that has affected where she’s at today, which is cool.
I wonder if the world was opened up at this time, would I have not been there for his first time crawling or the first time he ate something? So it’s been nice in a lot of ways just to have that focus time at home and to be with him was great.
And I was like, “Well, I don’t need to really know all this so just don’t say anything.” But now he’s working from home, so I can’t help it if I overhear things.
I think for the fans of hers, I just hope that they get what they’ve been wanting and to learn more about her.