Rachel Brosnahan on Marveous Mrs. Maisel, Fred Durst, and Colin Firth, Screen Tests, W Magazine

In this Screen Tests interview, Rachel Brosnahan talks about power posing in corsets, stage fright, her ability to handle pigeons, her love for Colin Firth, why she doesn t karaoke much and who her first real kiss was. From Rachel Brosnahan Channels Beyoncé For the Standup Scenes in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel : From the time when Rachel Brosnahan first showed up on our screens as Midge, the 50 s housewifeturnedstandup comedian in the Amazon series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, to when she won the Golden Globe in January for her breakthrough performance, the actress has seemed a natural for creator Amy ShermanPalladino s quickfire oneliners. Which is why it s a little surprising to hear just how terrified Brosnahan was of her turn to comedy after appearances in deadly serious dramas like House of Cards. Was there an audition for the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel There was definitely an audition; there were a few of them. The first one was pretty st br, br,