Actor James Marsden was a guest on comedian Pete Holmes’s podcast, “You Made It Weird.”
Some Time Stamps for Interesting Bits:
5:40 – Interview starts – he starts off with some light chit chat and talks a bit about auditioning.
20:20 – Talks about the current state of the industry – how it’s in a place of chasing what’s already worked, having to chase the audience’s appetite, binging content, and all the platforms now. He uses the backlash against the first design of Sonic the Hedgehog as a rare example of when listening to audiences is beneficial but how it’s not always good to give audiences everything they’re asking for and how there needs to be an allowance for people to make the art they want to make.
31:50 – Tells a funny story about being called out for walking weirdly while filming X-Men 3
46:55 – Briefly mentions he loves racing, is a big F1 fan, and was training with Ferrari to get a licence to race but COVID put a stop to it.
48:55 – An interesting conversation about real people building characters for themselves / building a persona (relates it to Ryan Gosling not having a Canadian accent lmao). James Marsden does a great Paul Lynde impression.
52:50 – Marsden tells a story about doing a Paul Lynde impression after being invited along to a dinner with Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford.
1:03:38 – James Marsden does not have a bidet, but says he needs to get one. They talk about why Americans haven’t embraced bidets. Yes, really.
1:07:48 – While filming X-men, Famke Janssen came to set rattled because she thought her apartment was haunted. Talks about being a skeptical person but wishing he wasn’t.
1:16:00 – Talks about smoking his first joint with his ex-wife, who he’s still very close with. Talks about how he thought you were supposed to smoke it like a cigarette and ending up way too high.
1:23:15 – Talks about being a good mimic but how it ends up being embarrassing because he unknowingly takes on people’s mannerisms/accents when he’s with them. Talks about how he loves the Scottish accent. They do some Scottish and Irish accents.
1:36:08 – They talk about feeling weird at Hollywood parties and how they’re strange events in general because everyone is looking for attention but nobody is ever giving it. They talk about social awkwardness – featuring a funny anecdote about Jack McBrayer.
1:45:25 – Mentions that he’s got a brief cameo in a new Seinfeld directed film called “Unfrosted” about the invention of pop tarts…which also stars Melissa McCarthy and Hugh Grant…(WHAT!?)
Overall, there’s a lot of discussion about acting so if you’re into that, it’s definitely worth checking out.
He’s very hot, charming, and looks cozy af.
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