James Marsden talks about being ‘the most nervous’ for’ jury

James Marsden has been the Heartback and even the President (in Hulu’s at the moment empowered Dan Fogelman Political Thriller Paradise), but Jury Marked the first time the Emmy -nominated played an exaggerated, asshole version of himself – something he said he felt bad about, especially considering unsuspecting leading man (and victim) Ronald Gladden’s lack of attention about it.

Appear on one New episode by DAX Shepards Armchair expert Podcast today unpacked Marsden behind the scenes efforts in the “risky tall thread” Freevee show that captivated comedy fans based on its prank-affecting prerequisite: A man is dipped to believe he is a member of a jury in a jury in one jury real trial when he is in fact surrounded by increasingly bizarre characters and scenarios.

During the film recording for three weeks, Marsden said he and his fellow actors became “actual friends (with Gladden) under it because he was such a good guy and fun to be nearby. There were moments we were like, ‘sh – I don’t know if I can do this with him today because he wants to go like, it’s an asshole thing for you to do here.’ ”

The 27 dresses Star said it was implied by the series producers that their goal was to be happy to act “bad” but Marsden was unwilling to “hit the belt” into consideration sole non-performance.

“I remember I had this conversation with one of the producers who had also worked on BoratAll of Sacha (Baron Cohen) ‘s thing and he was like’ if you’re a really good guy, this might not be for you. ‘And he didn’t say that directly to me, but it was like, this is fonding hard how you navigate by getting the comedy that people will actually see. Yes, it is at the expense of someone. The nature of the show is. “

The Westworld Alun continued, “We wanted to have real conversations between the bits that we had to hit that day and you draw him in literally.”

But the cobblestone of the concern came on the day of the reveal: “I was the most nervous when Ike (Barinholtz )’s father (Alan Barinholtz, who portrayed the judge) turned to him and said, ‘This is all false. ‘And for a few seconds, I saw (Gladden’s) Eyes Kinda Dark and scared, for like a millisecond, and I hated it. And I already knew what to do and we all wanted to do was the storm box where he was sitting and just let him know, ‘yes, this is probably a lot to understand and take in and process right now but if you are wondering On if all this was real, it was all real and we love you and love you. ‘The last thing I want to do is, like’ OK. It was fun. Cool. See you around. ” ‘

After the fake-documentary-in-a-show wrapped, Marsden said he gave Gladden his phone number and the whole role crew celebrated with a wrap party. He said the actors would “assure him that ‘yes, we took you on a trip but you are a shining star in this big time and here’s what the show is all about. It’s about you, my friend and All about you that people will love about you, we love you.

He concluded, “And then it was a love party after that because I was really like, ‘it will be an insult when we hold a check for a $ 150 or what he got paid, as it somehow lets us turn off the hook? ‘Can the two coexists? Can we find really, really fun moments and make this be a comedy and also be kind? “