>>> WOMEN LEARN RULES FROM
WOMEN'S MAGAZINES.
I CAN'T MAKE A MOVE WITHOUT
CONSULTING "FAMILY CIRCLE."
OTHERWISE, I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT SHADE OF RED DRIVES A MAN
CRAZY.
IT'S THE ONE WITH THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF FABRIC INVOLVED.
>> THAT IS PART OF A STANDUP SET
FROM MIDGE MAISEL.
BROSNAHAN'S PERFORMANCE IN THAT
ROLE HAS EARNED HER AN EMMY
AWARD AND TWO GOLDEN GLOBES.
BORN IN MILWAUKEE AND RAISED
OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO, HER
PROFESSIONAL LIFE HAS BEEN
ROOTED IN NEW YORK CITY, WHICH
SERVES AS THE SETTING FOR "MRS.
MAISEL".
WE GOT TOGETHER ON A SNOWY DAY
IN NEW YORK FOR A SAFELY
DISTANCED SUNDAY SIT-DOWN AND
SOMETHING NEW FOR A PAIR OF NEW
YORKERS.
A SIGHTSEEING TOUR THROUGH THE
CITY ON A DOUBLE DECKER BUS.
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>> I'M SO EXCITED.
>> GOT ROOM FOR TWO MORE?
>> I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A MOVIE.
IS IT SNOWING?
HOW ROMANTIC.
>> MAGICAL.
13 YEARS AFTER MOVING HERE,
RACHEL BROSNAHAN MARVELS AT NEW
YORK CITY.
YOU GIVE OFF NEW YORK.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A NEW
YORKER?
>> THANK YOU.
MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S A MARK FOR
NEW YORKERS IS TEN YEARS.
BUT NOT ONE DAY SOONER.
THIS IS MY TOUR OF NEW YORK'S
UPPER WEST SIDE.
THE BIG SCAFFOLDING.
>> WE GOT HERE FAST.
>> VERY HARD CORE.
THAT'S WHAT I DREAMED NEW YORK
WAS LIKE, SITTING BY WINDOWS,
DRINKING COFFEE.
LOOKING OUT ON THE UPPER WEST
SIDE.
MOST OF NEW YORK ISN'T LIKE
THAT.
>> A LITTLE HARDER TO LIVE HERE
THAN THEY TELL YOU ABOUT IN THE
MOVIES.
OR ON TELEVISION.
THE NEW YORK OF THE 1950s
GLITTERS IN "THE MARVELLOUS MRS.
MAISEL."
THE SERIES STARRING BROSNAHAN AS
A DOWN AND OUT HOUSEWIFE WHO
FINDS A FUNNY WAY OF LANDING ON
HER FEET.
>> 21 AND DUMB AS A BRILLO PAD.
I KNOW MEN LIKE STUPID GIRLS.
>> PROVIDING A COLORFUL ANTIDOTE
TO THESE TIMES.
WE HAVE A TAPE MEASURE OUT TO
HAVE SEVEN FEET BETWEEN US.
>> OVERACHIEVING.
>> WE ADDED THE EXTRA FOOT.
IS IT GRATIFYING IN SOME WAY TO
KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
WAT
WATCHING?
>> YEAH.
IT'S BEEN NICE TO HEAR THAT IT
MADE PEOPLE LAUGH.
THE CHARACTER IS SOMEONE WHO
LEADS WITH HOPE AND JOY.
I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT
HELPS PEOPLE ESCAPE FOR A
MINUTE.
>> SOMETHING HAPPENED TONIGHT.
YOU WORK OUT WHERE YOU WILL GO.
>> WHERE IS EDDIE?
>> NOW SHE'S ESCAPING INTO A
DIFFERENT, DARKER ERA.
THE 1970s.
FOR A NEW AMAZON PRIME THRILLER
"I'M YOUR WOMAN."
SHE PLAYS JEAN, A WOMAN ON THE
RUN, AFTER HER HUSBAND BETRAYS
HIS PARTNERS IN CRIME.
>> IS ANYBODY LOOKING?
>> EVERYONE IS LOOKING.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR YOU.
>> IT'S BROSNAHAN'S FIRST
STARRING ROLE IN A FILM.
AND HER FIRST TIME AS A
PRODUCER, UNDER HER COMPANY
SCRAP PAPER PICTURES.
>> JEAN IS AN ORDINARY WOMAN WHO
HAS BEEN THRUST INTO
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
I'M GRATEFUL A WOMAN LIKE JEAN
HAS BEEN CENTERED IN THIS GENRE
THAT'S SOALLY MALE
DOMINATED.
>> SHE SAID, I WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED TO DIANE KEATON
ONCE THE DOOR CLOSED.
>> LIVES IN SILENCE.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HER WHEN I
FIRST READ THE SCRIPT.
FOR ME, THAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT MARKER, WHEN CHOOSING
TO TAKE ON A NEW PART.
I DON'T GET IT.
>> THAT'S AN INTERESTING WAY TO
PUT IT.
FOR YOU, SOME OF THE MYSTERY IS
APPEALING IN A CHARACTER?
>> YEAH.
IT FEELS LIKE IT'S AN EXERCISE
IN EMPATHY AND A CONSTANT
CHALLENGE.
IT'S ALWAYS SCARY.
THAT'S THE DREAM.
>> THAT DREAM TOOK SHAPE IN NEW
YORK WHERE BROSNAHAN, A BORN AND
BRED MIDWESTERNER, WENT TO
COLLEGE AND NEVER LEFT.
>> RIGHT THERE.
I LIVED ON THE UPPER WEST FOR A
WHILE.
WE SHOOT A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM
WHERE I USED TO LIVE.
>> DO NOT MAKE ME CRY.
>> WE WERE LIVING IN THIS TINY
NEW YORK APARTMENT.
AWE
AUDITIONS AND CROSSING MY
FINGERS AND HOPING SOMEONE WOULD
TAKE A SHOT.
>> YOU HAVEN'T ASKED MY NAME.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
>> IT'S RACHEL.
>> THE FIRST BIG SHOT CAME IN
2013, WHEN RACHEL WON A
RECURRING AND EMMY NOMINATED
ROLE IN THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES
"HOUSE OF CARDS."
>> THESE SHOES ARE KILLING ME.
>> I GET WHY MEN RULE THE WORLD.
NO HIGH HEELS.
>> IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHE STEPPED
INTO MIDGE'S SHOES LATER THAT
BROSNAHAN BECAME A HOUSEHOLD
NAME.
>> COMEDY, IT'S FUELLED BY
ABANDONMENT AND HUMILIATION.
WHO THE HELL DOES THAT DESCRIBE
MORE THAN WOMEN?
>> SEASON FOUR STARTS PRODUCTION
IN NEW YORK THIS MONTH.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN USED TO THE
YELLING ON THE STREETS AND
PEOPLE KNOWING WHO YOU ARE,
WHERE YOU GO?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU CAN GET USED TO.
THE SIX FOOT TALL DUDE WITH THIS
ENORMOUS BEARD WHO GOES, HEY,
MAN, LOVE THE SHOW.
>> THANKS.
I HAVEN'T PLAYED MY HOMETOWN FOR
A WHILE.
>> TO PLAY MIDGE WHO IS A ST
STAND-UP COMIC, WHICH IS THE
SCARIEST PROFESSION, HOW DID YOU
APPROACH THAT WHEN YOU STARTED?
>> IT'S MY WORST NIGHTMARE.
IT'S DREAMY IN THAT IT CONTINUES
TO BE A REACH.
THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
I HAVE TRIED A LOT OF THINGS,
LOTS OF PREPARATION, COFFEE,
LOTS OF COFFEE.
POWER POSING IN THE MIRROR.
>> REALLY?
WHAT IS THAT?
I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT.
>> YOU STAND WITH YOUR FEET
FIRMLY PLANTED ON THE GROUND.
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HIPS.
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH.
JUST HOPE THAT IT COMES TO YOU.
HOPE THE CONFIDENCE COMES.
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>> YOU FEEL THE PIT IN YOUR
STOMACH WHEN IT'S TIME TO BE
MIDGE?
>> YES.
WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE
NOTHING TO LOSE, YOU JUST STAND
AT THE EDGE OF THE PLANK EVERY
DAY AND MAKE A DECISION TO DIVE
OFF AND JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
IT IS STRANGE.
IS IT NAKED COWBOY STILL NAKED?
>> RACHEL.
RACHEL.
>> THE NAKED COWBOY.
>> HI.
AREN'T YOU FREEZING?
>> WOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO
SEE THAT.
A VERY NEW YORK MOMENT IN THE
SUBWAY.
I CAUGHT ELMO WITH HIS PANTS
DOWN PAYING ON THE WALL.
>> YOU ARE A NEW YORKER.
>> THAT'S WHAT DID IT.
>> THAT'S IT FOR ME.
MY NAME IS MIDGE.
THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.
>> SHE'S A TROOPER.
I OFFERED HER A HAT, BLANKET.
SHE SAID, I'M GOOD.
IT WAS COLD AND SNOWY OUT THERE.
THAT FOURTH SEASON IS COMING
LATER THIS YEAR.
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