‘Paradise’ Stars Sterling K. Brown and James Marsden on Cal and Xavier’s End-of-Days Origin Story: ‘The Man Did Everything He Could’

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Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from Episode 7 of Hulu’s “Paradise,” titled “The Day.” Sterling K.

Brown has been preparing “Paradise” co-star James Marsden for an Emmy nod for his performance on the Dan Fogelman-created drama since they began filming the penultimate episode of Season 1. “I remember, we were shooting 107 I said, ‘You ready big dog?’ And he goes, ‘Ready for what?’ I said, ‘Number two,'” Brown told Variety. “And he goes, ‘Number two?’ I was like, ‘Ya, you got the first one for “Jury Duty” — number two is coming.’ He goes, ‘Are you ready for number 10?’ I was like, ‘Hey, don’t talk about me, bro!

We talking about you!'” The supportive banter between the co-stars came as they were filming the most intense episode of Hulu’s “Paradise” thus far, titled “The Day.” During the hour, Fogelman (who also created “This Is Us,” which starred Brown) takes viewers back to show them when and how the world essentially ended and only 25,000 people marked by Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond (Julianne Nicholson) and Dr.

Gabriela Torabi (Sarah Shahi) for survival made it down to the bunker town, Paradise. Notably missing from that group was the wife of Secret Service Agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K.