Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images
Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley wanted to see how real 911 dispatchers worked before she started playing one in the outlandish new drama "9-1-1: Nashville."
Zoom in: The Nashville Scene reported on Williams-Paisley's request.
What they said: "We were absolutely open to it, and we spent the day with her, and we wanted her to see a real, authentic, raw day in the life of a 911 dispatcher in Nashville," James Matthews, spokesperson for the Metro Department of Emergency Communications, told the Scene.
Fun fact: One part of the pilot episode showed Williams-Paisley guiding a caller through an emergency on a video call. (In the scene, a little girl flying a kite gets swept away by the wind and whizzes around in circles overhead.)
The call wasn't realistic, but the technology was.
The Scene reports Nashville dispatchers can get access to a caller's phone camera by sending them a link.
