![]() ![]() "Is this even something that is ethically right to do, to play with someone's human experience over the course of three weeks of their life?"įrom the beginning, Marsden told show creators Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (who also worked on The Office) that he didn't want to participate in a prank show. "I had many reservations, and the biggest one was the wild card of this one human being who's being dropped into this situation that is all fake and manufactured," Marsden says. ![]() Actor James Marsden, who plays a satirical, egotistical version of himself, calls the show a "very ambitious conceit." But what Ronald doesn't know is that the whole thing is fake - the entire courthouse has been fitted with hidden cameras and everyone there except him is an actor. Cameras track Ronald as he goes to the LA courtroom, is picked as the jury foreperson and follows along with the court proceedings. In the Amazon Freevee series Jury Duty, a solar contractor named Ronald Gladden has agreed to participate in what he believes is a documentary about the experience of being a juror. The new show Jury Duty has its genetic roots in the old TV show Candid Camera, where surprising things happened to unwitting bystanders - and hidden cameras captured their reactions. ![]()
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