Director Jake Szymanski (szyjake) tells The Last Laugh podcast what went into making 'Jury Duty's' unsuspecting star Ronald Gladdem think he was in a documentary about jury duty when he was actually around actors and improv comedians for three weeks.
, or wherever you get your podcasts, and be the first to hear new episodes when they are released every Tuesday.Do you remember why Ronald wanted to do this? What made him want to be part of what he thought was a documentary about jury duty?
Well, it’s everything you see in the show about him. You could see it peeking through in his interviews, and you go, this guy seems great. But I will say, I think we’d all be lying a little bit if we said we knew for sure. We really hoped and thought this was the right guy. But we did this for so long, we built this world around him for three weeks, and after the first couple of days, you really don’t know what someone’s going to do.
And by the way, he also has to be on board with the spirit of the show we’re doing. And it also has to be someone who understands—and this was important to James as well—we’re not trying to make this guy the butt of the joke. We’re not trying to punch down. We all held ourselves to that standard. Because you could see an opportunity for an easy joke every now and then, but it wouldn’t have been the right type of joke for what we wanted the show to be.
We were panicking. We all just kind of froze and looked at each other when we heard that and went to Defcon 5 and hit the panic button. “Pull back, pull back! No more jokes!” As you got closer to the finale, the pressure obviously mounted in some ways because you really are feeling like, “Maybe we can pull this off.” What did it feel like for you, watching that moment when you finally do reveal what’s happening? Because it is so intense watching it as a viewer, and I can’t even imagine what it was like for you as the director.
Well, he seems to be enjoying the post-show glow and fame that has come his way. I do wonder where that’s going to lead for him and if he’s going to try to stay in show business or not.
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