Michael Zegen Just Wants Joel to Be Happy

Michael Zegen knows you hated Joel at the start of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. But he doesn’t mind—rather, he relished the fact he was the antagonist to Rachel Brosnahan’s Midge. “As an actor, I love that,” he tells Town & Country. “I saw that as an opportunity, not knowing where he was going. A lot of actors love playing villains, and for all intents and purposes, he was the villain, at least in the first season.” Joel has had quite the story arc over the four seasons of Maisel: from aspiring comedian cheating on his wife, to resenting Midge’s successful… Read Full Article