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James Marsden Talks Being “The Most Nervous” For ‘Jury Duty’ Reveal & Feeling Bad For Duping Ronald Gladden: “I Hated That”
James Marsden revealed he felt 'the most nervous' upon revealing to 'Jury Duty's Ronald Gladden that he had been duped, since he was a 'great guy.'
James Marsden has been the heartthrob and even the president (in Hulu’s currently airing Dan Fogelman political thriller Paradise), but Jury Duty marked the first time the Emmy nominee played an exaggerated, asshole version of himself — something he said he felt bad about, especially given unsuspecting leading man (and victim) Ronald Gladden’s lack of awareness about it. Appearing on a new episode of Dax Shepard ‘s Armchair Expert podcast today, Marsden unpacked the behind-the-scenes stakes of the “risky high-wire act” Freevee show that captivated comedy fans based on its prank-adjacent premise: One man is duped into believing he is a member of a jury in a real court case, when, in actuality, he is surrounded by increasingly bizarre characters and scenarios. “I remember having this conversation with one of the producers who had also worked on Borat, all of Sacha [Baron Cohen]’s stuff, and he was like, ‘If you’re a really good guy, this might not be for you.’ And he didn’t say that directly at me, but it was kinda like, this is f—ing hard, how you navigate getting the comedy people actually wanna see.
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