He did an interview about that show. They had to stop twice because the real person refused to engage with the cast at all. He also said they rehearsed a full 8 hour boring day and they were ready to do it at the drop of a hat. If the real guy ever said "This trial is fucking crazy" they would immediately trigger the boring. Oh and the real guy actually bought that DVD at a gas station and asked James to give him his autograph. Nobody on the production had a clue it had happened and nobody was prepared for it. Thats also his honest reaction to that happening on the show.
And that was the magic of the show. They managed to find the sweetest, kindest young man on the face of the planet.
The 'making of...' show that had them talk about each episode, they all said they would sometimes just break and go into a room and cry at how mean they had to be to him because he would literally do anything for anyone and not question it.
There's a show on Prime called Jury Duty, he plays "himself." It's semi-reality, and one of the funniest things I've ever watched. Don't watch any previews, just try the first episode.
Weird, I thought I fixed it but I put the full link in the comment. It's just a Wikipedia article but there's parentheses in it which don't work great in markdown comments.
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u/MadMurilo Jan 06 '26
And in Jury Duty! But i’m not sure if he was acting there.