While we're (well maybe just me...) talking Golden Globes, last night's show also had me motivated to finally hurry up and post on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Michael Zegen. I finished season one last spring and was taken by Zegen and his performance and have had a file in my 'to post' folder ever since.
Last night at the Globes, when Rachel Brosnahan won Best TV Actress in a musical or comedy, Zegan, and the rest of the cast at the show's table, got plenty of close-ups. I was happy that Brosnahan thanked each of her cast members, including Zegen, who sometimes seems to get left out whenever the show receives it's well deserved accolades.
If you haven't yet checked out The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Zegen plays Joel, the Mr. Maisel to Brosnahan's Mrs. Although Brosnahan deserves every bit of praise and attention she's garnered, Zegen has the more thankless, yet incredibly important role, in setting up both the story, as well as providing much of the backstory to explain the direction the character of Mrs. Maisel takes.
Although the character of Joel is not written as especially enlightened or likeable, Zegen's talent and charisma made his character incredibly appealing to me, and even though Joel left and cheated on his wife, I was still rooting for them when they got back together at the end of the season.
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