James Marsden reveals Jon Hamm was jealous of…
James Marsden and Jon Hamm go head to head in the second season of the AppleTV+ collection, “Your Friends & Neighbors.”
“He reached out to me before I signed on to the role,” Marsden, 52, completely told The Post.
The “Mad Men” star told him, “I just hope you have the best time” and, “I think I’m kind of jealous of your part.’”
Olivia Munn, James Marsden, and Jon Hamm in “Your Friends & Neighbors” Season 2. Jon Pack
James Marsden in his video interview with The Post.
Marsden joins “Your Friends & Neighbors” for Season 2 (premiering Friday, April 3 on AppleTV+). He performs Owen Ashe, a new character who likes to occasion and live large. He will get into a recreation of cat and mouse with Coop (Hamm).
The Emmy-nominated actor described Ashe as “nonstop energy” and “a larger than life persona.”
“It was exhausting to me,” Marsden said. “By the end of the day, I was ready to crash at the end of filming. But it’s a very rich, very juicy character to play.”
The darkish comedy crime drama collection follows Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a divorced and unemployed former hedge fund supervisor who secretly turns to a life of crime to keep himself and his ex-wife and teen children in a rich lifestyle.
This often entails burgling his associates and neighbors, unbeknownst to them.
Amanda Peet performs his ex-wife, Mel, and Olivia Munn performs Samantha, Coop’s difficult on-again off-again relationship.
Jon Hamm and James Marsden attend “Your Friends & Neighbors” Season 2 premiere at The New York Historical in New York on March 30, 2026. AFP via Getty Images
James Marsden in his video interview with The Post.
Although Hamm and Marsden look like a natural match — absolutely they’ve performed brothers before — this show marks their first time working together onscreen.
“I’ve known Jon for a while, so that made it easier,” Marsden said.
“The Notebook” actor described Hamm as, “just one of those actors that I would see at events going on in Hollywood.”
“He was always a good hang. I would just come find him and we’d have a drink and good chat,” Marsden told The Post, including that Hamm is a “very funny guy,” with a “sharp sense of humor.”
Jon Hamm and James Marsden at the Season 2 premiere of “Your Friends & Neighbors” in NYC on March 30, 2026. Andrew H. Walker / Shutterstock
Jon Hamm as Coop in “Your Friends & Neighbors” Season 2. Jon Pack
Offscreen, the 2 actors have also been concerned in the same Fantasy Football League, “competing against each other” and “trash talking nonstop.”
Because Coop lives in the fictional prosperous group of Westmont Village (in Westchester County, New York), everybody lives in mansions and drives sports activities automobiles – which proved to be a problem for the “Paradise” actor.
“I was worried about crashing one of the cars. These are like three million-dollar cars [that my character] drives,” Marsden explained.
“That was a big concern. I was driving a Porsche 918 Spyder, which is like my dream car. And I was like, ‘don’t be a fool with this!’”
James Marsden as Ashe in “Your Friends & Neighbors” Season 2.
James Marsden in “Your Friends & Neighbors” Season 2. Jon Pack
While some may see Ashe as an smug character, Marsden said, “I don’t think he is. I think he’s just very genuine and honest and very direct.”
He added that when Ashe strikes to city, he’s “fascinated” by Samantha.
“She’s one of the only people in town that doesn’t seem like she’s putting on a show” and “takes ownership” of her past errors, he said. “[Ashe is] one of these people that believes that mistakes are what gives a human being their dimension and makes them interesting.”
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