After the premiere of Dead to Me's third season on November 17, James Marsden and Liz Feldman talked about how he got the creator to let him come back after Steve died in season one. Here’s how James Marsden accidentally created dead to me’s secret twin twist.
“„Steve dies at the end of season one, and James reached out, and he was like, 'Why am I googling if a guy can survive a traumatic brain injuryand drowning?' But we had such a great time working together, and he had such great chemistry with Christina and Linda, that as soon as he said he was open to coming back, I was like, 'Twins!'- Liz Feldman
Here’s How James Marsden Accidentally Created Dead to Me’s Secret Twin Twist - E! Online
“„One of the first things I said [after that] is, 'I want you to write everything I ever do,' and that wasn't hyperbole. Your brand of comedy is exactly what I love, which is just grounded in reality, with real conviction, and has the humor spring from that. I just wanna be in her orbit.- James Marsden
“„You drive home from a day on Dead to Me and you're like, 'Whew, that's intense,'. You want it to be as real as possible. I just want to take the audience on that journey and I want them to invest in these characters, and that requires you just bringing that real emotional energy to it. It was asked of me this season to go there with a lot of this stuff, and it's hard not to have that bleed into your real lifea bit.- James Marsden