When IGN asked Boreanaz if he, as an actor, was able to keep the mood light on a show that features a lot of blood and guts, Boreanaz was frank, saying that he kept up that effort “pretty constantly.”
“I mean, we are always having fun and dancing and imitating people’s quotes from films or whatever. I think that spur of the moment stuff really works for the two of us and for all of us; all the cast members. So we can be rambunctious and I guess it depends on the day.”
It may work for the cast members, but not always for the directors. Deschanel remembered filming a scene with the show’s cast of “nerdy expert” characters — nicknamed Squints on the show — and how she would stop filming for extended periods so she could sing numbers from one of her favorite Broadway shows. Incidentally, her favorite show is notoriously obnoxious. It got to be too much, and the actors had to be given a stern talking-to. Deschanel said:
“We had an intervention once, because we were singing. Were you in that scene, even? Were you singing? […] Oh my gosh … I think it was all the Squints. We were singing ‘Annie.’ Tunes from ‘Annie.’ [First AD Maggie Parker] had to take us aside and sit us down and have an intervention. She’s like, ‘I love it when you sing. We love it. It’s just I think some people don’t … ‘”
For the record, Boreanaz made it clear that he himself was not involved in this singing fiasco.
From then on, renditions of “Tomorrow” were likely no longer heard from the set of “Bones.” And it’s hard to blame the crew: When it comes to “Annie,” an intervention is the proper course of action.