“I turned him into a woman. A cute woman. I made him adorable.”
That is “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s” Amy Sherman-Palladino talking about the complex funny lady for the ages that she and husband Daniel Palladino created for their Amazon Prime series about a late-’50s housewife and mother who pursues a stand-up career in nightclubs after her husband cheats on her. But Miriam “Midge” Maisel (played by Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan) was actually inspired by Amy’s comedian father, Don Sherman, a stand-up comic who appeared in four “Rocky” movies and wrote for TV series and variety shows who died in 2012 at age 80.
As her hubby says, “When Amy writes about you, it is very slimming.”
Amy adds, “I put you in a corset.”
A few days before the 71st Primetime Emmy nominations were announced, the married creators spoke to Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video above) about the comedy’s second season.
That is “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s” Amy Sherman-Palladino talking about the complex funny lady for the ages that she and husband Daniel Palladino created for their Amazon Prime series about a late-’50s housewife and mother who pursues a stand-up career in nightclubs after her husband cheats on her. But Miriam “Midge” Maisel (played by Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan) was actually inspired by Amy’s comedian father, Don Sherman, a stand-up comic who appeared in four “Rocky” movies and wrote for TV series and variety shows who died in 2012 at age 80.
As her hubby says, “When Amy writes about you, it is very slimming.”
Amy adds, “I put you in a corset.”
A few days before the 71st Primetime Emmy nominations were announced, the married creators spoke to Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video above) about the comedy’s second season.
- 7/19/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Gypsy is coming back together. New Regency has come aboard to finance, and negotiating to direct is Amy Sherman-Palladino, who is coming off winning four Emmy Awards for writing, creating, exec producing and directing The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Joel Silver is producing.
Barbra Streisand has exited the previous incarnation of the project, where Barry Levinson was going to direct at Stx with a script by Richard Lagravanese, and Streisand was going to play the iconic Mama Rose. This plan cratered when Stx exited in 2016. This is a plum role and I am hearing names that include Melissa McCarthy, who is Oscar nominated for Can You Ever Forgive Me? and who worked with Sherman-Palladino on Gilmore Girls, but I am told that no casting decisions have been set and that call will be made by Sherman-Palladino once her deal is closed.
Based on the classic musical from Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim,...
Barbra Streisand has exited the previous incarnation of the project, where Barry Levinson was going to direct at Stx with a script by Richard Lagravanese, and Streisand was going to play the iconic Mama Rose. This plan cratered when Stx exited in 2016. This is a plum role and I am hearing names that include Melissa McCarthy, who is Oscar nominated for Can You Ever Forgive Me? and who worked with Sherman-Palladino on Gilmore Girls, but I am told that no casting decisions have been set and that call will be made by Sherman-Palladino once her deal is closed.
Based on the classic musical from Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Female empowerment and the #MeToo movement were top of mind at a Q&A panel for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” held Saturday at the Hollywood Athletic Club. Stars Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, and Tony Shalhoub joined creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive producer Daniel Palladino for a panel discussion moderated by director Paul Feig.
The comedy series centers on a 1950s housewife (Brosnahan) who becomes a stand-up comedian after her husband (Zegen) runs off with his secretary. Sherman-Palladino revealed that she wanted to explore what would happen when “a woman who really has a specific place and a specific role to play decides to break out of that role and go against the time.”
The male-dominated world of stand-up comedy — which Sherman-Palladino learned about firsthand from her father, the late comedian Don Sherman — felt like the perfect arena for her convention-bucking heroine. “If you’re going to...
The comedy series centers on a 1950s housewife (Brosnahan) who becomes a stand-up comedian after her husband (Zegen) runs off with his secretary. Sherman-Palladino revealed that she wanted to explore what would happen when “a woman who really has a specific place and a specific role to play decides to break out of that role and go against the time.”
The male-dominated world of stand-up comedy — which Sherman-Palladino learned about firsthand from her father, the late comedian Don Sherman — felt like the perfect arena for her convention-bucking heroine. “If you’re going to...
- 4/19/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Dennis Hopper: actor, artist, filmmaker, Hollywood survivor.
Just days after remembering the loss of Sydney Pollack two years ago, we awaken to mourn the loss of another Hollywood icon, Dennis Hopper, less than two weeks after his 74th birthday. Hopper had been on my short list of "dream interviews" during my tenure at Venice Magazine. When I was lucky enough to finally sit down with him in November of 2008, I was thrilled, and didn't know quite what to expect.
What I found while smoking cigars with Hopper in his Venice home-studio, was a thoughtful man with a gentle demeanor, who spoke in measured tones and loved telling stories. Gone was the wild-eyed "enfant terrible" that Hopper had made his name playing, and sometimes living. What I saw instead was a man who seemed to be at peace with himself and his life, who loved his children, art, film and new ideas.
Just days after remembering the loss of Sydney Pollack two years ago, we awaken to mourn the loss of another Hollywood icon, Dennis Hopper, less than two weeks after his 74th birthday. Hopper had been on my short list of "dream interviews" during my tenure at Venice Magazine. When I was lucky enough to finally sit down with him in November of 2008, I was thrilled, and didn't know quite what to expect.
What I found while smoking cigars with Hopper in his Venice home-studio, was a thoughtful man with a gentle demeanor, who spoke in measured tones and loved telling stories. Gone was the wild-eyed "enfant terrible" that Hopper had made his name playing, and sometimes living. What I saw instead was a man who seemed to be at peace with himself and his life, who loved his children, art, film and new ideas.
- 6/1/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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