Mark Duplass Dishes on Friendship With 'The Morning Show' Co-Star Jennifer Aniston

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Mark Duplass, alongside his wife Katie Aselton, chats with THR at the 2024 Emmy Awards and reveals what he's most looking forward to for the upcoming season of 'The Morning Show.' Plus, he dishes on his friendship with co-star Jennifer Aniston.

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00:00I feel like I'm at Fashion Week in New York.

00:02It's very similar, I know.

00:04Listen, we're all still in the mode of having lived in our pajamas for four years,

00:08so people are going a little extra, I think.

00:09But it also means that my feet, like, cannot stand it.

00:12Like, they're quitting already.

00:14I have to do the numbing cream.

00:16Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

00:17I've got some gel pads in there. It's a lot.

00:20Now, what are your Hollywood secrets now to walking?

00:23I have gel pads in here. It's like a lot of gel all over the bod.

00:28Do you have any Hollywood secrets for walking?

00:30I have many secrets, which is complete self-denial and focus on Katie

00:35and what's happening with the hair, making sure this line is perfect here,

00:39checking the back, making sure the strings are in the right place,

00:42making sure I don't step on that shit.

00:43Nothing, he's not in his head. It's all a strategy.

00:46See, see, this works.

00:48I'm here to help.

00:49I am, like, here of service.

00:51They call that a welcome distraction.

00:52I love that.

00:53Well, I mean, we are welcoming 16 nominations for The Morning Show,

00:57which is amazing.

00:59What are you most excited about, though, for this upcoming season

01:03that can we talk a little bit about what to expect?

01:06I mean, we got this cast that keeps expanding, you know,

01:10it's like a big, it's like the trash pile in the ocean.

01:13It just keeps growing every year, you know,

01:15and maybe that wasn't the best match.

01:17No, it's kind of sad.

01:18Trash pile, but like the most talented.

01:20But it's a trash pile with Jeremy Irons and Marilyn Cotillard,

01:23you know, so it's that kind of trash pile.

01:25He's always being compared to trash.

01:26That's so sad.

01:27He is, he's like that.

01:29But we're going to be examining some hot topics, some current topics.

01:35We will definitely be looking at technology and AI and things like that,

01:38because, you know, they always take on something current.

01:43And, you know, I'm always looking forward to my fun scenes

01:47with Jen Aniston, where we just destroy each other emotionally

01:51and sometimes physically, and it's just wonderful.

01:54Yes, you all have a very complicated relationship on set,

01:57but off set, I'm sure it is wonderful.

01:59And Jen Aniston loves me almost as much as she loves Katie.

02:04So it works really well.

02:05She's one of my favorite people in the whole world.

02:07But she's special, man.

02:08I mean, like, I don't know if you've had a chance to interview her,

02:11but she's like, I mean, she's an international icon.

02:15And she should be closed.

02:18She should be guarded.

02:20And she's just open-spirited.

02:23Warm, inviting.

02:24Like, she's, you know.

02:25When you're acting with her, it feels like a little kid in a high school play together.

02:28It's just like, she's the best.

02:30And she's goofy.

02:31Like, she's just funny.

02:33She's great.

02:33I'd love to hear that.

02:34I can't wait to meet her.

02:35And also, are you guys going to be covering,

02:36I know AI is going to be covering all the different moments with tech,

02:40that storyline continuing from last season.

02:42But with the election year, will there be some kind of meta reporting that we see,

02:46some storylines that we'll get to visit on that side as well?

02:50I know some things.

02:52I'm not allowed to say any things.

02:53Because Apple is very powerful.

02:56And I think they might even have, like, a laser inside of that camera.

02:58They can shut it down.

03:00Like, I would just start talking, and then all of a sudden I just hit the floor.

03:03So we're going to avoid that.

03:05Because I want to live.

03:07I want you to live, and I want you to have a job.

03:09But for you yourself, though, I mean, how important is it for you to stay involved,

03:14especially in this election year?

03:15There's so much happening.

03:16Why is it important for people to use their voices,

03:18especially in times like this?

03:20How much time you got?

03:22We're here at the Emmys.

03:23It's just open.

03:24I mean, it's really complicated.

03:26You know, I do a lot of work for mental health awareness,

03:28which is really interesting work, because it actually crosses the political divide,

03:32one of the few things that people can agree upon, which I really, really love.

03:37But at the same time, I'm a proud Democrat,

03:39and I believe that we are at a crisis point in our country.

03:43So part of me wants to wage the war to win.

03:46Part of me also wants to keep open the long game of trying to erode that hard divide

03:53so that we can someday come together.

03:55So I'm trying to find what that balance is for me,

03:57and I get it wrong most of the time.

04:00As long as we show up, that's all. Yes.

04:02You got to stay informed.

04:04Stay informed.

04:05Check your sources all the time.

04:08And just keep the conversation going with everyone you love,

04:12with everyone you meet.

04:13Like, it's just so important.

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