James Marsden Dishes on Working With Michael Keaton in 'Knox Goes Away'

Name: James Marsden Dishes on Working With Michael Keaton in 'Knox Goes Away' | THR Video
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Description: James Marsden talks about the fan reaction to 'Jury Duty' and how this was a surreal moment for him. Plus, he tells THR about his new film 'Knox Goes Away' with Michael Keaton while on the Spirit Awards red carpet.

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James Marsden talks about the fan reaction to 'Jury Duty' and how this was a surreal moment for him. Plus, he tells THR about his new film 'Knox Goes Away' with Michael Keaton while on the Spirit Awards red carpet.

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00:00I feel like we're now at the end of the jury duty ride, maybe a little bit.

00:04It does feel a little bittersweet.

00:06I mean, first of all, you took a risk by doing this, people like to say,

00:10but you knocked it out of the park and got some nominations along the way.

00:14Now that you've had a few more months to digest and make the rounds with this thing,

00:18what stands out to you the most about this experience?

00:22I mean, for me, it's just the show or the performance or the project

00:28that I would never have anticipated getting this kind of attention for.

00:33Nominations, Globes, Emmys, all this.

00:35It was something that felt like a sort of backyard experiment you do with your friends.

00:42And I just, I never thought that this would be the one that would give me those nominations.

00:48So I'm still just sort of, you know, a little upside down about, you know,

00:54wow, this is the thing after all the, and playing myself.

00:57Like, just kind of like, it's very surreal.

00:59It's always surreal when you get this sort of attention and people are just,

01:03you know, you recognize the impact that a special project has on the community

01:07and in the world or whatever.

01:08But jury duty was just such, I mean, I'd never been a part of something

01:11that was just shot into the stratosphere so quickly and just, just hit.

01:16Um, so it feels good.

01:19You know, I don't know how to, you know, like you spent 30 years, like, learning how to be an actor.

01:25Now you're like, was I, was I doing that in this show?

01:28And like, this is the thing I'm getting attention for.

01:30But today I'm excited for all the other cast members because it's an ensemble.

01:34Yeah.

01:35It was such a group effort.

01:36It wasn't anybody, just one show, you know, it was, and a lot of these people who just hadn't really had

01:41that much experience yet and they get to come here and celebrate it.

01:45And it really wouldn't have worked unless all the sort of links matched up.

01:49I don't know.

01:49It was a nice, it was, it was a, we got really lucky.

01:53We got lucky with him as well.

01:54You deserve it.

01:55And then, and then the last question where you've got to go is, um, Michael Keaton.

01:58Tell me about learning about Michael Keaton.

01:59Yeah, yeah.

01:59So I did this film with Michael, um, where I play his son and, and, um, he's, he's a aging hitman

02:06who's losing his memory quickly and, but, um, it's him and Al Pacino and Marsha Gay Harden

02:10and just like one of these dream jobs.

02:12And, um, yeah, it's, uh, it was great to be, one, sharing the screen with him and also being directed by him.

02:17He directed the film as well.

02:19So pretty special and, and again, one of those sort of career, you know, career punch.

02:24Pinch yourself moments.

02:25What did you learn by watching Michael Keaton work or being directed by him?

02:29Boy, you don't have to overdo it.

02:31Just, just got to keep it real.

02:33Keep it real.

02:34Sometimes the worst thing you can do as an actor is muscle your way through a scene.

02:38And you know, if you're doing that, it's usually not going to be in the right place,

02:43but there's an effortless to him and it's, and, uh, and an honesty to everything he does.

02:49And it's just, when you're around it through osmosis, you sort of absorb it and,

02:54or at least I think I do.

02:56Um, and it just, it just kind of makes your game that much better and makes the scene come alive.

03:01And he's just a special gifted human being.

03:03So, and really caring and kind, like just, you know, getting directed by an actor is always a,

03:09it's always something I look forward to.

03:11I don't know.

03:12Something special.

03:13Like somebody who gets it, gets all the like imposter syndrome.

03:16I'm a fraud, I suck, I got to quit, you know, everyone feels that way.

03:20And, and to see, you know, your heroes doing it and, and to, I don't know, it's just, it was, it was cool.

03:27He humanized the whole process of being an actor.

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