![]() What’s been an interaction that surprised you? Ryan Gosling, your former co-star on “The Notebook,” seemed concerned for Ronald’s newfound fame. Margot Robbie recently mentioned she was a fan. So many of your acting peers are fans of the show. Can I do that again?” But also, there’s a very liberating, fun part of that whole thing too, which is, it felt like theater. On one side, it’s terrifying because you don’t have the in-room, live support that you normally do from a director or whomever. And you’re tasked with: I’ve got to make this entertaining, make this funny. It’s terrifying because you’re kind of in a pressure cooker for five, six hours a day to make sure you keep the believability for Ronald, that this world is in fact real. How terrifying is it as an actor when you know you’re never gonna hear, “OK, cut! Let’s do this again.” But a real safety net was those scripts, having the comedic beats that were all written out to push. And so it was a real marriage between all of us in the room and having to be nimble and adaptive to Ronald. I wouldn’t have been able to lead as far as I did without that platform. When I was reading them, just watching or reading events unfold, and then it just set off like it was a creative domino effect in my mind - of what I could say, what I could do. There was brilliantly written, very, very funny, seven episodes of circumstantial screen direction that had me howling with laughter. The writers are unsung heroes on this show. I wouldn’t have been able to go out there without an architecture or a plan and do what I did on this show. I owe every line that I came up with on my own to those scripts. How did that change how you prepared or interacted with the script? The scripts were largely screen direction and circumstantial. There’s this misconception that it’s all improv, but there’s a lot of crafting and anticipating what could happen next. And, hopefully, there will be a lot more to come. I feel proud to be part of the maiden voyage for this new platform. There’s evidence now that people aren’t as opposed to watching ad-based streaming as they thought. Another facet to this whole experience was a big question mark: Are people going to tune in to this platform to watch the show? And it’s ad-based. Not an easy feat when there’s so much content and it’s hard to break through.įreevee’s over the moon, and we all are for them. This is a streaming platform that few people had heard of and it really brought attention to it. I wonder if this is going to disqualify a future jury visit.Īlso worth mentioning is that this show, and these nominations, have really put Freevee on the map. I’m surprised that I haven’t because I know Ronald did right after the show. Television The biggest snubs and surprises of the 2023 Emmy nominationsĪwards columnist Glenn Whipp and television critic Lorraine Ali sound off on the best and worst of Wednesday’s nominations for the 75th Emmy Awards. I wish I could say it was just an FYC invite. Well, no lie, I got my jury summons in the mail yesterday and one of my editors just told me he has to report for jury duty tomorrow, which had my colleague asking: Is this the biggest FYC campaign ever? ![]() And, of course, as we went along, the character takes over. That was great, to be able to set the stage with the real James Marsden for a bit and be a nice guy, and then let the character make its way to the end. But, yes, he was a separate human being, just with my name on his juror badge. ![]() I’m used to going into shows with scripts and rehearsals and lighting and sets and “Action!” and “Cut!” This is completely different. We all know that this show is really unusual, different, original, hybrid-type of show that no one’s really seen before. It’s very, very surreal, to the degree where I can’t really get my head around. Is it weird to be nominated for playing a heightened version of yourself? Or does it give you validation that you really made him a character? You’ve given some great performances in your career, but your turn as James Marsden in “Jury Duty” is arguably one of your finest. We got to hug each other over the phone and congratulate each other. And at the tail end of our quick conversation, Christina Applegate’s face popped up on my phone, calling me from Holland. And then I called Ronald to share all the “Jury Duty” love with him, reminding him how big of a part he was and to make sure he had a smile plastered across his face. I spoke to Christina to congratulate her right when they said her name. ![]() I went from wanting to throw up to pure elation. I screamed at the top of my lungs across the room.
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