While Kyle was a patient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Frances was his nurse, Kyle told her he wanted to be an actor. She facilitated the opportunity for him to get his audition, coached him, and he landed the job.
MILITARY TIMES 2017
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Season 2 of PBS' Civil War drama Mercy Street premieres on Sunday January
22nd (as always with PBS, check your local station listings for exact time). The
series is set at a military hospital in Union-occupied Alexandria, VA during the
civil war. There's medical drama, spies, politics and families torn about by split
loyalties. It's the kind of costume drama that PBS has traditionally imported
from the BBC but with more grit
The show stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Josh Radnor, Gary Cole, Luke
Macfarlane and Norbert Leo Butz. In advance of the new season, we had a
chance to speak with Marine veteran Kyle Moser, who makes his acting debut in
episode four of the new season. Moser lost his legs in an IED explosion in
Afghanistan. He describes how he got the part and how he continues to rehab
from his injuries.
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How did you get your role on “Mercy Street”?
I was actually at Walter Reed for roughly four years just doing rehab. For the
first two years it was really extensive, still knocking out surgeries and things like
that. I did an internship with DIA as I was doing my rehab, so that was
awesome. I met a woman named Major Cheever and I held onto her contact
information. I moved back to Illinois, which is where my wife and I are from.
We basically got an email from her, from Major Cheever, saying that there was a
part for PBS's Mercy Street.
I had tried before to get a spot on Free State of Jones as well through Major Cheever. Unfortunately, I didn’t hear anything back from that. But with PBS they sent me an email back and asked me to send them a headshot and my resume and said they’ll get back to me if they're interested. They got back to me and sent me a little script and told me to do an audition. I didn’t take theater in high school or anything like that. I’ve never really been in a play before. So I just kind of winged it and we made just a little home video and we sent it to them and they loved it.
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Originally, it was actually two parts and they merged it into one character just
because of how happy they were with my audition, which was great to hear. It
was my first time ever doing anything like that.
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COL Edward Lucci, Retired,
WRAMC ER Chief
played the role of a surgical doctor.