James Marsden’s surprise Emmy nod took him from ‘wanting to throw up to pure elation’
LOS ANGELES — We don’t have to feel sorry for “the other guy” from “The Notebook” any longer James Marsden can now boast that he’s scored an Emmy nomination for playing himself!
The actor, known for his roles in “The Notebook,” the “X-Men” franchise, “Westworld” and “Dead to Me,” received some of the best reviews of his career earlier this year for playing a satirical version of himself in Amazon Freevee’s genre-bending sitcom “Jury Duty.”
The series revolves around an unsuspecting man, played by Ronald Gladden, who thinks he signed up to be in a documentary about jury duty. The gag? It’s all fake. Everyone except him is an actor, including meta-Marsden.
Marsden nabbed a nomination for supporting actor in a comedy series, joining fellow nominees Henry Winkler (“Barry”), Anthony Carrigan (“Barry’), Tyler James Williams (“Abbott Elementary”), Phil Dunster (“Ted Lasso”), Brett Goldstein
