‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Star Luke Kirby Explains Lenny’s Lack of Screen Time in Final Season: ‘It Felt Right’ (Video)

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backward, apparently back to the night Midge and Lenny hooked up. They’re at a nearby diner, and Lenny is giving Midge lessons on how to be famous, knowing as he always did that she would make it.

It’s a touching moment, and one that makes it very easy to wish Lenny and Midge had more time together.But, Kirby added, it’s important to remember that Lenny Bruce was a real person that they were paying real homage to.“I also was aware always that, you know, we were having to walk a fine line with playing a real person, who has a real history,” he explained. “And I think that they, given that reality, I think that they did the best thing by being very sort of deft in their touch, and nuanced in how much they brought him into the fray.”He continued, “You know, he kind of — if he was allowed to appear too much, it would have been sort of greedy to try and co-opt the real Lenny Bruce and bring him into, you know, another reality.

I mean, I understand the yearning because I’m on board with it. But I also, yeah, you wouldn’t want to be greedy with something so special, you know?”You can watch TheWrap’s full interview with Luke Kirby in the video above..