IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU. I'M THRILLED THAT YOU'RE HERE.
RACHEL YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK. YOU DON'T COME TO LOS ANGELES
VERY OFTEN BUT DID YOU EVER LIVE HERE?
>> I DID YEAH. >> James: WHEN WAS THAT?
>> REALLY BRIEFLY AFTER COLLEGE I MOVED HERE AND I LASTED ABOUT
EIGHT MONTHS. IT WAS -- NO OFFENSE -- NO
OFFENSE, IT WAS NOT EXACTLY THE RIGHT SPOT FOR ME.
>> James: WHY? >> THE THING THAT SENT ME HOME
WAS I LIVE IN NEW YORK, WENT TO COLLEGE IN NEW YORK AND, YOU
KNOW, I LIVED RIGHT BY A TRADER JOE'S IN NEW YORK AND IF YOU
ROLL OUT OF BED YOU SPEND A LONG NIGHT OUT, YOUR MAKEUP IS DOWN
TO HERE, YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR YOUR TRADER JOE'S O'S, IT WAS A
LIKE A WEIRD RUNWAY SHOW, EVERYONE WAS TOOTH AND 99 AND
OUT OF THE BOTTOM DRAWER OF CENTRAL CASTING.
EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE ON YOU COULD HAVE PLADGED EXCEPT --
>> James: RUNNING JOAG AMAT. RUNNING BACK TO NEW YORK.
YOU USED TO LIVE IN NEW YORK, YOU WEREN'T ACTING THEN YOU WERE
AN EDITOR. ON TV SHOWS, COMMERCIALS?
>> YES, MY FIRST JOB I WAS ASSISTANT EDITOR AND I WORKED AT
A COMMERCIAL POSTPRODUCTION HOUSE WHERE WE DID COMMERCIALS.
IT'S A WEIRD WAY INTO THE BUSINESS, I ACTUALLY DID
VOICEOVERS FOR THE COMMERCIALS WE WERE WORKING ON AND THAT
BECAME MY THING. >> James: SOMEBODY IN THE
OFFICE, YOU DO IT JUST AS A SCRATCH?
>> YES, SO THE EDITOR WOULD NEED A SCRATCH VOICE TO WORK WITH
WHILE HE WAS EDITING THE COMMERCIAL.
AND ONE CLIENT, WE JUST LIKE THAT GUY, THE VOICE THAT'S ON
THERE, LET'S JUST USE THAT PERSON.
INSTEAD OF CASTING SOME REAL ACTOR AND IT WAS ME AND I GOT TO
BE THE VOICE OF BURGER KING FOR LIKE A YEAR OR TWO.
>> James: WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO SAY, GIVE US A TASTE.
>> A TASTE YES OF COURSE. SO IT WOULD BE JUST REALLY 71
STUFF TWO WHOPPERS FOR 99 CENTS! >> IT'S SO GOOD!
>> YEAH, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
>> James: BUT YOU RACHEL, YOU USED TO BE.
I WAS GOB SMACKED, I'M USING THE TRAYS, GOB SMACKED WHEN I SAY
THIS, YOU USED TO BE A SNOW BOARD INSTRUCTOR.
RACHEL BROSNAHAN. >> YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN THE AIR.
>> James: IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S RACHEL, ONE TO
PROVE, IN THE VERY SAME CLOTHING.
>> YES! >> James: THE THING YOU DO IS
>> REALLY SMALL CHILDREN, VERY SMALL CHILDREN.
IT'S KIND OF AMAZING. I'M FROM THE MIDWEST, I'M FROM
JUST NORTH OF CHICAGO. AROUND THERE WAS A -- OH YEAH
SOME CHICAGO FOLKS, OH MY GOD COOL!
YEAH SO WE USED TO GO EVERY WEEKEND UP TO WISCONSIN TO THESE
SORT OF STRANGE MAN MADE HILL-MOUNTAINS OUT THERE AND IF
I GOT CERTIFIED TO TEACH, I WENT WITH MY FRIENDS.
WE WENT, GOT CERTIFIED, TEACH SMALL CHILDREN.
A YOU GET TO IMPRINT YOUNG IMPRESSIONABLE MINDS AND YOU GET
TO WATCH THEM EAT IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> James: SLURLTD. >> BUT THEY'RE SO LOW TO THE
GROUND THEY DON'T GET HURT, THEY COME UP WITH A MOUTH FULL OF
SNOW AND GO SPIT AND THAT'S IT. >> YOU'RE MAKING THEM CRASH IS
THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? >> I CHANGED OLOT.
>> James: TO JUSTIFY IT I HAVE NOTHING FUNNY.
DO YOU DO A BUNCH OF CRAZY SPORTS, DO YOU DO SNOW WORK?
THAT WAS ME, SKIING. >> I USED TO BE AT THIS POINT,
LIKE EXCITEMENT FOR ME IS LIKE NETFLIX AND A BOWL OF OATMEAL.
BUT I DID WHEN I WAS A KID ACTUALLY, AS A YOUNG ONE, I
RACED BMX BIKES WITH MY FRIENDS LIKE ON OUR STREET.
WE BUILT THIS BIG TRACK IN AN EMPTY LOT AND THERE WAS ONE
INSTANCE WHERE WE HAD JUST BUILT THIS NEW JUMP AND I WAS THE
YOUNGEST KID ON THE STREET, I WAS SORT OF THE RUNTD.
WE JUST BUILT THIS NEW JUMP AND EVERYONE WAS SCARED TO DO IT,
SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT FIRST. WHAT ABOUT YOU BIG ED?
I WAS LIKE OH, THIS IS THE GREATEST HONOR, THEY WANT ME TO
DO THIS JUMP FIRST. BUT REALLY, THEY JUST WANTED TO
LIKE SEND A GUINEA PIG DOWN TO SEE IF THEY WOULD DIE.
I DID IT, AROUND I DIT, I JUMPED, I LANDED IT AND IT
WAS -- YES. >> James: OF COURSE YOU DID!
RACHEL LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS, WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
MARVELOUS A MRS. MAISEL. WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS SEASON?
>> WE'RE ALL OFF EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> James: WHAT'S HAPPENED? >> WE LEFT WITH MIDGE ON THE
TARMAC, LEFT BY SHY BALDWIN. IN SRCH 1 WE -- IN SEASON 1 WE
FOUND MIDGE AT ROCK BOTTOM, SHE STUMBLED INTO THIS CAREER AT
ROCK BOTTOM, SHE HAD A SERIES OF BREAK DOWNS THAT WERE FUNNY ON
STAGE, SHE FIGURED OUT HOW TO HONE HER CRAFT AND HER FEELING
IS IT DIDN'T WORK OUT SO WELL FOR HER.
SO THIS IS A SEASON OF HER DIGGING IN TO WHO SHE IS AND NOT
APOLOGIZING FOR HER OWN VOICE, DECIDING SHE IS HER BEST WHEN
SHE IS HERSELF. THAT IS A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT
AFFECTS EVERYONE ELSE THIS SEASON.
>> James: THE SEASON OF COVID IS JOYLESS AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS BUT THIS MAY HAVE TO BE THE BEST INVENTION YET.
LOOK AT YOU IN THIS, LOOK! >> I FEEL LIKE WITH ALL THIS
TIME WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE COME UP WITH A MORE CREATIVE NAME.
BUT THIS IS A COBRELLA, A COVID UMBRELLA.
I WEAR A WIG ON THE SHOW AND THE MASK WAS PULLING UP THE WIG
AROUND MY EARS. ALL OF THE PAPARAZZI PICTURES,
WITH MY UMBRELLA, HUMAN DROIDS WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AND
SAY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HUMANS IN 2020?
>> AMAZON HAS ALREADY RERECORDED THE SONG.
THAT'S WHAT WE JUST HEARD. SHE SAW THIS AND RIHANNA JUST
RERECORDED THE SONG. DON'T COME UNDER MY