'Jury Duty' star Ronald Gladden's best moments at the Emmys
LOS ANGELES — Nine months ago, Ronald Gladden was working a construction job in San Diego as word began to spread about a new genre-bending TV comedy that he didn't even know he was starring in as it was being filmed. Last week, all glowed up in powder blue tuxedo jacket, he was posing for photos with "The Last of Us" star Pedro Pascal at the Golden Globes and wishing his run-in with "Oppenheimer's" Cillian Murphy had slightly more thrilling.
"I was walking in the bathroom, he was leaving. I didn't want to strike up a conversation as he's trying to leave the restroom," Gladden says sheepishly.
Gladden hasn't grown any more used to these kind of experiences, he admits. As the accidental breakout star of he had the internet charmed last spring as the juror with a heart of gold — and an endearing lack of awareness at the television ruse happening around him. The surprise hit revolves around Gladden, who thinks he's signed up to be in a documentary, who plays an exaggerated, egomaniacal version of himself.
