'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' star Alex Borstein tells THR on the SAG Awards red carpet about reuniting with the cast one last time and dishes on how often people approach her about 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie.'
00:00Does it feel bittersweet that this is the last major award show where Marvelous Mrs. Mays will be nominated?
00:05It absolutely does. It actually mostly just feels sweet.
00:08You know, we've had a lot of time now to mourn the loss, and now it's like visiting a beautiful gravestone with flowers.
00:15It's putting this baby to bed, and we're so proud and so happy, and, you know, everyone's moved on and doing other exciting things.
00:23But, you know, it's always family.
00:24It's very similar to when people go to college, but making a show or making a film, that's the best way I can compare it.
00:32Those people, it's this tight, it's an experience you'll never have again, and they're with you for life, hopefully.
00:38Since we're here at the SAG Awards, what role got you your SAG card?
00:42Well, the first thing I ever did was a show called Mad TV, which is a sketch comedy show, and it was AFTRA.
00:49This is when it was two separate unions, so I had AFTRA, and then you were able to parlay that into the Screen Actors Guild.
00:58I think the next gig I did after that was Family Guy, and family, or concurrently, Family Guy was a SAG show, so that, I think, cemented my SAG membership.
01:10And then Gilmore Girls, and then Pilots that I wrote and did after that, so it was a constant build.
01:15It's building blocks to all those actors out there. Every step is important.
01:19Speaking of your former roles, how often do people out in the wild approach you about the Lizzie McGuire movie?
01:25Lizzie McGuire is a huge one.
01:28When I'm in an airport, I see people walking towards me, and I'll know in 30 seconds what show they're going to say.
01:35And the Lizzie girls, predominantly girls, I can always tell them a mile away.
01:40And it's sheer joy. It's so fun to have a part of someone's childhood like that.
01:45Family Guy fans, I know.
01:47Maisel was interesting, because Maisel, it's such a huge demographic.
01:52It's across the board, so really, that's been an interesting thing.
01:56But yeah, Lizzie McGuire is very sacred to a lot of people.
02:01Sacred to me, and that's why I had to ask.
02:03I would know you coming.
02:04You'd see me, and you'd be like, Lizzie McGuire.
02:06Lizzie, they're going to come up to me and say, a brown nosing, brown noser with a hidden agenda.
02:12A sneaky brown noser with a hidden agenda, exactly.
02:14There it is.
02:15Now, last time I talked to you at the Emmys, we were talking about the possibility of,
02:20would we ever see, you know, a Maisel spinoff with your character?
02:23Are there any updates on that? Any thoughts?
02:25There are no updates on that.
02:26There's things, Amy always says stranger things have happened.
02:29So, you know, she's off making a new show right now.
02:34She's shooting in France and doing things, and we're all, like, working on things.
02:38But there's absolutely always room in my heart and on my dance card for a Palladino.
02:44A Sherman Palladino show gets pushed to the front always.
02:47Can we see you maybe appear in her new show at all, a little guest star spot,
02:51just because you have this long history of working with her?
02:53Um, I don't know.
02:55I don't know if that would happen.
02:56It's very specific, and I don't fit that specificity.
03:00So, maybe not.
03:02And I think it's good to get, to see other people for a while,
03:05and then you come back, and the reunion is so blissful, and the sex is so good.
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