Sam Brigger

James Marsden, welcome to Fresh Air.

It's great to have you here.

So I just want to ask you first, when you heard about what the show was going to be about, did you have any reservations about doing it?

So when you were thinking about making this satirical version of yourself, did you think about things about yourself that you don't really like very much and amplify them or did you come up with like a completely different character?

Like what did you base that person on?

Right.

Let's talk a little bit about the hero of the show, the real person, Ronald Gladden.

So much relied on this guy.

Either it could have been a terrible experience for him or he could have turned out to be a horrible person.

It was a real tightrope walk, I think, to probably choosing the right person.

no one would no one knew if he would even recognize who i was yeah um well he doesn't quite at first right like no he doesn't which is kind of comedy gold yeah you know yeah well that i mean that's a that's a great part of that clip where he basically you say i was in sonic and he's like oh that's a bad movie like you must have wanted to crack up at that point

He also says, like, I don't know if I necessarily recommend doing this.

Sure.

I want to play a scene from the movie Enchanted.

This is a Disney movie that spoofs the idea of Disney princesses and Prince Charming like tropes.

And you play Prince Edward.

You and Giselle, who is played by Amy Adams, actually like live in an animated world together.

a very Disney world, and the minute you meet, you sing a duet together and fall immediately in love and your plan to get married.

However, your stepmother doesn't want you to marry Giselle, so she pushes her down a magic well and she lands up in the non-animated world

gritty world of new york city i mean gritty in a disney sort of way but um but so she meets patrick dempsey and starts having feelings for him and she starts to like learn to appreciate her new world you've also jumped into the well to try to go find her and here you finally have um and this is at patrick dempsey's apartment he has a daughter and this is when you see her for the first time giselle