James Marsden on Ronald Gladden and playing a jerk on 'Jury Duty'

The premise of “Jury Duty” — placing a non-actor in the middle of an entirely staged trial — could have easily led the show to mean-spirited-prank territory. Villarreal: Well, yeah, because I feel like “Jury Duty” would be a completely different show if Ronald wasn’t such a genuinely kind and caring guy. Because it would’ve felt bad if we would’ve been like, “Hey, that was a fun three weeks.” Villarreal: “Peace out.” Marsden: “And yeah, see you later.” So that was important to me. Yeah?” And I was like, “I’m, uh —” Villarreal: “I’m James Marsden.” Marsden: “I’m James Marsden.” At the time, I think I was Jimmy Marsden, and I changed that later because that sounded too teenyboppy. And all I could think was, “Well, if they decide that the movie’s too long, whose part is going to get cut first?” And I was like, “Probably this guy.