The actress discusses the final scenes of the series.
Warning: This story contains spoilers about the series finale ofThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,“Four Minutes.”
“This is it.
Rachel Brosnahan on ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
This is the break.”
She steps up to the mic and delivers a tight four-minute set that makes her career.
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Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) and Joel (Michael Zegen) share a rare romantic moment on the fire escape in ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
What was it like preparing for that final set?
RACHEL BROSNAHAN:Well, in trueMaiselfashion, I had about 36 hours.
I guess it was about 48 hours.
Not a whole lot of time.
It was a pretty special way to go out.
How emotional was that final “Tits Up” between you and Alex?
Because it’s emotional to even watch.
Oh, we were both sobbing.
We couldn’t look each other in the eyes during rehearsal.
I had to look at her forehead and she was looking at my chin.
We were half-dressed and literally couldn’t look each other in the eyes.
Alex has never been the crier, but she’s been real weepy since that last day.
We’ve seen in snippets this season that she got those things.
Do you think she thinks it was worth it?
She’s proud and she’s fulfilled.
I don’t know.
In the 2005 scene, she looks very fondly at this wedding picture of Joel (Michael Zegen).
Michael thinks Joel’s dead.
What do you think?
Well, I know Joel’s dead because I asked Amy.
[Laughs] I think everyone’s dead at that point, except for Midge and Susie.
Those two broads are like cockroaches.
They’re never gonna die.
They get stepped on over and over and over again, and they got a thick exo-skeleton.
Or take it as a cautionary tale?
I think it just is.
What it is is Midge’s journey and Midge’s life.
It’s been full of contradictions and big dreams and high highs and low lows.
I saw you fiddle with something on that table.
Is that Lenny’s (Luke Kirby) fortune?
I don’t remember.
Do you think she kept it that long?
I think Midge kept everything.
What was experiencing that old age make-up like?
Amy will be paying for my therapy for the rest of my life.
Nobody deserves to have to glimpse their own mortality like that.
Were you surprised by the final shot or last couple of shots?
Yeah, I did not see that coming.
Do you think Midge is an EGOT winner?
She won a Grammy, right?
And I know she has two Emmys because they’re in one of the scenes.
What would she have won an Oscar for?
I think the Oscar has alluded her and she’s come for the Academy with everything she has.
But she’s a terrible actress.
Were you personally happy with her ending?
I didn’t have a doubt that Amy and Dan would figure out how to land the plane.
I love that final set so much.
It leaves just enough questions hanging in the air.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
