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James Marsden

AMES MARSDEN IS GOOD AT KEEPING FANS on their toes. Following his Emmy-nominated success with , Marsden has three very different projects in 2024, the first being Michael Keaton’s (March 15). “I like to take opportunities that are very different tone, and this was. He says part of the franchise’s success is that they’ve always wanted to “be like meets one of those films. We want there to be action, we want the jokes to be smart.” If that’s not enough, he’ll also appear in Jerry Seinfeld’s . While raspberry is Marsden’s flavor of choice, growing up, “Pop-Tarts was a luxury thing that I’d go to the bus stop and see my other friends eating. Like, what’s this shiny aluminum-encased treat?” At this point, Marsden is proud of his genre-shifting career; he credits it with always aligning “yourself as much as you can with the best directors and the best material.”

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