James Marsden Has Found His Place in TV — and Loves Not Being the Leading Man: ‘I’m Having a Ball’
variety.comHunter Ingram James Marsden likes playing the jackass. Especially when that jackass is the entitled version of himself he’s playing in Amazon Freevee’s breakout comedy “Jury Duty.” The improvised docu-style series follows Ronald Gladden, a real person unaware the increasingly chaotic jury he’s found himself on is completely fake.
Everyone around him — including Marsden’s portrayal of himself as the out-of-touch celebrity — is an actor playing their part in the ruse.
The acclaimed series has earned Marsden some of the best reviews of his career, at a moment when it seems like he is everywhere.
Because he is. In the past year, he closed the book on Netflix’s “Dead to Me” with its final season and popped by Starz’s “Party Down” revival for a few episodes playing another spoiled — albeit fictional — movie star.
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