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This is such an interesting cast to me. So many familiar faces. I adore Kevin Pollack and Tony Shalhoub. Marin Hinkle is really terrific. I wasn't familiar with Rachel Brosnahan, but she is great! 

It's just Michael Zegen I can't stand. I've never liked him in anything. I guess it works for the character, because (at least three episodes in) he is such a jerk. 

It took me four episodes to realize this was Rachel Brosnahan from House of Cards and Olive Kitteridge. And I loved her in both of those things. Major spoiler for HOC

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I remember watching HOC and thinking she should have been cast as the reporter, Zoe, so then maybe we'd care when she died.

I thought she was great in this show from the start but I am totally wowed by her talent now. Everything about her persona is different from anything else I've seen her in.

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It's just Michael Zegen I can't stand. I've never liked him in anything. I guess it works for the character, because (at least three episodes in) he is such a jerk. 

Agreed. And I think we are supposed to find him charming and sympathetic even though he's such a jerk. And I just think he's a pathetic loser. I don't even mind what he did in leaving his wife. It's just his personality I can't stand.

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I liked Michael Zagen in his very small "Brooklyn" role but even then I could tell he might get insufferable as a romantic lead. Here, he is just a complete needy drip. There's a neediness to the ACTOR - it's not just Joel. They write plenty of wannabe quick on the uptake stuff for Joel, like he can keep up, but I don't buy it. I read that the actor is getting negative feedback even on the street, but the spin is they don't like what his character did to Midge and are confusing Zagen with his character. I don't think they are. I think they just plain don't like Zagen, especially with Midge. I don't give a damn what his character did to Midge. That's just plot set up. It's HIM I don't like. I am dreading ASP trying to sell him to us in S2, and you know she will. She'll be "We just need a brighter, shinier Michael Zegan as Joel!"

OTOH, what has Luke Kirby been in other than this? Does his charisma in this role translate to others?

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On 8/15/2018 at 11:44 PM, DianeDobbler said:

OTOH, what has Luke Kirby been in other than this? Does his charisma in this role translate to others?

I knew him right away from The Astronaut Wives Club, where he played the reporter from Life magazine who shadowed the wives for an in-depth article.  To my knowledge, that was the first thing in which I'd ever seen him and he made an instant impression.  

On 8/15/2018 at 11:44 PM, DianeDobbler said:

OTOH, what has Luke Kirby been in other than this? Does his charisma in this role translate to others?

I know him from Slings and Arrows season one where he played a Hollywood action star out of his depth playing Hamlet at a Shakespeare theatre festival. Most of his scenes were with Rachel McAdams.

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2 hours ago, SomeTameGazelle said:
On August 15, 2018 at 10:44 PM, DianeDobbler said:

OTOH, what has Luke Kirby been in other than this? Does his charisma in this role translate to others?

I know him from Slings and Arrows season one where he played a Hollywood action star out of his depth playing Hamlet at a Shakespeare theatre festival. Most of his scenes were with Rachel McAdams.

And . . .? 
Did they have off the charts chemistry like he does here with Rachel Brosnahan?

On 10/1/2018 at 8:39 PM, shapeshifter said:

And . . .? 
Did they have off the charts chemistry like he does here with Rachel Brosnahan?

I found him and Rachel [McAdams] charming but secondary to the charms of Paul Gross and Martha Burns, so I would not personally think of calling their chemistry off the charts. But I liked them together a lot.

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Clarifying which Rachel I meant.
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Why Rachel Brosnahan and Her Husband Jason Ralph Choose to Keep Their Marriage Private

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At the SAG Awards on Sunday, Brosnahan said that she and Ralph have actually “been married for years,” but clarified her choice to avoid discussing her marriage publicly in the following statement:

“I’ve been quite private about my personal life for a few reasons. The first being that it’s just that…personal,” she said. “Jason and I also noticed early on that, while we are both the leads of successful television series, he has almost never been asked about our relationship while I have been asked on almost every red carpet I have walked in the last 2 years. We both find this double standard problematic and frustrating and opted to redirect those conversations to our work.”

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On 8/15/2018 at 10:44 PM, DianeDobbler said:

I liked Michael Zagen in his very small "Brooklyn" role but even then I could tell he might get insufferable as a romantic lead. Here, he is just a complete needy drip. There's a neediness to the ACTOR - it's not just Joel. They write plenty of wannabe quick on the uptake stuff for Joel, like he can keep up, but I don't buy it. I read that the actor is getting negative feedback even on the street, but the spin is they don't like what his character did to Midge and are confusing Zagen with his character. I don't think they are. I think they just plain don't like Zagen, especially with Midge. I don't give a damn what his character did to Midge. That's just plot set up. It's HIM I don't like. I am dreading ASP trying to sell him to us in S2, and you know she will. She'll be "We just need a brighter, shinier Michael Zegan as Joel!"

OTOH, what has Luke Kirby been in other than this? Does his charisma in this role translate to others?

Luke Kirby was wonderful in the first season of Slings and Arrows (maybe my favorite season of TV ever.) I’m a Canadian media nerd and I’ve only ever seen him in Canadian shows before. I remember the first time I watched Republic of Doyle, he had a small recurring role and it wasn’t until his third episode that I thought, “That guy reminds me of Luke Kirby. Oh! It IS Luke Kirby.”

I loved this Encounters article in yesterday's New York Times: "Marin Hinkle of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Melts Chocolate"
nytimes.com/2022/03/18/style/marin-hinkle-of-the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-melts-chocolate.html

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. . . Ms. Kennison and Ms. Hinkle met in high school nearly 40 years ago, and spent a summer working at a candy store in Boston, eating bonbons on the job. After college, they both moved to Los Angeles, birthing sons a month apart.

A few years ago, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the comedy that Ms. Hinkle stars in, shot a couple of episodes in Paris. Ms. Hinkle traded in her first-class plane ticket for four coach seats and invited Ms. Kennison to join her. Their sons came, too.

“I made them go to every chocolate shop in Paris,” Ms. Kennison said.

Ms. Hinkle smiled. “The chocolate has never stopped,” she added. . . .

Message me if you have trouble viewing and want to read it in its entirety.

Tony Shalhoub joins the cast of Milo Ventimiglia's new show, The Company You Keep. Tony's first episode is Sunday, April 30. Maybe we'll see an alternate reality Abe punch Sylvio in the nose for lying to Midge. It won't hurt. He's not strong.

‘The Company You Keep’ Adds Tony Shalhoub in Recurring Role (EXCLUSIVE)

ETA: Luke Kirby appeared in Episode 3, but I haven't seen it yet and don't know if that was a guest or recurring spot.

ETA some more: Marin Hinkle is also in at least one episode.

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On 8/15/2018 at 11:44 PM, DianeDobbler said:

OTOH, what has Luke Kirby been in other than this? Does his charisma in this role translate to others?

I knew Luke Kirby from the hilarious Canadian film Mambo Italiano and the short lived series Cra$h & Burn (a Canadian streetwise insurance adjuster Jimmy Burn as he navigates the gritty streets of Hamilton, Ontario).  

15 hours ago, wonderwoman said:

just caught alex borstein’s prime video special that dropped last week — ‘corsets and clown suits’ — which shot on tmmm’s nightclub set before it was struck. 

worth watching: vulgar (of course:), but very funny and often poignant. her marriage to jackson douglas ended in 2017, and she’s still processing. 

It's on my watchlist, but I'm waiting until I finish the season before I watch it.  I just love Alex B as Suzie, I haven't seen her in anything else, so I don't want to be distracted by seeing her as herself before the season's over.  Just her picture with her being glammed up is so shockingly different than Suzie (who I always wish had a makeover montage in this show, just for shits and giggles). 

Superman Legacy cast includes Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane.

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Superman Legacy, the movie that will mark the live-action rebirth of the DC Universe, has added three new actors to its cast, each of them playing a superhero with a long history in the comic books. Isabela Merced will play Hawkgirl, Edi Gathegi will be Mister Terrific and Nathan Fillion will portray a Green Lantern (although not necessarily the Green Lantern.)

James Gunn, who wrote and will direct the 2025 movie, has already cast David Corenswet (The Politician) as Clark Kent and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. When it starts shooting in January 2024…

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/07/superman-legacy-cast?utm_source=syndication

 

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