[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Jury Duty<\/i> Season 1.] Jury Duty<\/em><\/a> has reached a verdict and are available clear to Ronald Gladden, the kind-hearted goal of Amazon Freevee<\/a>\u2018s hidden camera experiment. The unsuspecting everyday guy was shocked to discover that the case between a business owner and ex-employee was entirely fabricated, along with the rest of his jury members, the judge, the bailiff, and more.<\/p>\n Among the planted jury members was movie and television star James Marsden<\/a> (Westworld<\/em><\/a>, Dead to Me<\/em><\/a>). Along the way, the actor has forced the jury to become sequestered for the case, clogged up toilets with faux feces, and leaned into the stereotypes of celebrity personalities for this grand ruse only to be faced with kindness from Ronald. So, what was it really like to serve jury duty for the Amazon Freevee series? Below, Marsden opens up about embracing a heightened persona and highlighting kindness.<\/p>\n You\u2019re the explanation the jury needs to be sequestered, and then you definately don\u2019t even take part within the sequester. How did it really feel to play an antagonistic model of your self?<\/strong><\/p>\n James Marsden: <\/strong>I get to play a jackass model of myself. I imply, a very self-involved, selfish Hollywood celeb who thinks he\u2019s higher than anybody else within the room and assumes that everyone within the room desires to listen to about what challenge he\u2019s doing subsequent they usually actually don\u2019t give a s**t. But that to me was the place the comedy got here from, to have the ability to play this entitled celeb and all the things that entailed. And the distinction of that character in essentially the most equalizing expertise that we do right here in America. You\u2019re serving jury responsibility on this broken-down courtroom with crappy lighting, and also you don\u2019t know while you\u2019re gonna depart. You don\u2019t have your assistant with you. You don\u2019t have your glam squad with you. It\u2019s the nice equalizer. So to me, that state of affairs on paper alone was simply fertile for lots of comedy. And the extra ridiculous I will be, the extra enjoyable that was gonna be.<\/p>\n (Credit: Amazon Freevee)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [Ronald] clearly knew that I used to be calling the paparazzi to create a disturbance to get out of jury responsibility, however by no means as soon as ratted me out, you already know? And day after day he stored proving to be the hero. That\u2019s in all the seven or eight scripts that we had. We didn\u2019t know his title on the time, it was \u201cHero,\u201d and day by day, he simply proved that he was a pure-hearted individual with a robust character. This is the man we wished to rejoice on the finish of it. So that once we do raise the curtain, he\u2019s not feeling humiliated or embarrassed. If we achieved what we wished to attain, he went on an journey and was the middle of it, however he\u2019s being celebrated.<\/p>\n When it comes time to movie, how do you retain a straight face in all of those situations? Whether it\u2019s the clogged bathroom or the Margaritaville outing? The solely factor that may hold me from laughing was realizing that if I did, you danger the entire thing being popped. Amazon\u2019s capturing two and a half weeks of footage that they’ll\u2019t use now. It required some adaptability alongside the way in which. There was a number of moments the place he began to turn out to be suspicious. He would open up to all of us as a result of he thought that we have been simply regular on a regular basis jurors, and he\u2019d say, \u201cthis just feels crazy. Like it\u2019s a reality show or something.\u201d And so as soon as we heard that our eyes simply have been like, \u201coh s**t.\u201d<\/p>\n Every day we might all meet for an hour earlier than [Ronald] got here, after which as soon as he left, all of us would come again and discuss what occurred to the day. And there was a day when he was getting suspicious, and so the following day Jake, the director mentioned, \u201cGet ready for a boring day in court. We\u2019re not pushing any of the written comedy beats. We\u2019re just gonna listen to two attorneys droning on court speak for five hours.\u201d<\/p>\n (Credit: Ronald Gladden through Instagram)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n What was the rehearsal and prep course of like for the present? <\/strong><\/p>\n I rehearsed for possibly three or 4 days earlier than we began. And I felt very ill-prepared entering into as a result of the opposite actors and the improv of us rehearsed for an additional week earlier than me, however I used to be on a job that didn\u2019t end till just a few days previous to once we began capturing. So I used to be having to play catch up actually fast, they usually have been so useful in getting me in control. But if I might do it once more, I\u2019d rehearse for a pair extra weeks to be actually ready. But the actual fact of the matter is as soon as he is available in, you already know, he\u2019s the wild card. You don\u2019t know what\u2019s gonna make him snort. If he\u2019s gonna even know who the hell I’m. I feel that\u2019s the interesting a part of it for me, that it was form of reside theater. You get one take, and also you\u2019ve gotta be fast in your toes and float.<\/p>\n
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