SEASON 4
IN THE LAST SCENE OF SEASON 4, MIDGE IS WALKING DOWN THE STREET IN A BLIZZARD. AMY WANTED TO SPIN HER 180 DEGREES, THEN HAVE HER UMBRELLA FILL UP WITH WIND AND FLY BEHIND HER. WE WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS FOR IT TO LOOK PERFECT. “
” M. DAVID MULLEN director of photography
RACHEL BROSNAHAN : The fact that it reached so many people right away boggled our minds. We never took it for granted. The accolades that we were fortunate to receive, I mean, at risk of sounding cheesy, they’re really the cherry on top of this extremely decadent sundae. TONY SHALHOUB : I think the second or third year, they took us to Milan to do foreign press. We talked to journalists from all over Europe and even India. It just dawned on me that, unlike networks — or even cable where a show gets sold to foreign markets in syndication — this was a hit around the globe at the same moment. Everybody tapped into this young woman’s story, and it resonated across the board.
M. DAVID MULLEN (director of photography) : Once we get the scripts, I talk to Dan and Amy about what they want to do with a sequence. They have some strong ideas about certain moments. In the last scene of Season 4, Midge is walking down the street in a blizzard with an umbrella. Amy wanted to spin her 180 degrees, then have the umbrella fill up with wind and fly behind her. We worked with a lot of di ff erent departments for it to look perfect. TIM STREETO (editor) : They have an amazing ability to compartmentalize because they’re writing, directing and editing di ff erent episodes at di ff erent stages of the process, and they’re able to just plug right in and figure it out. And they’re always trying to top things they’ve done before. Sometimes you’ll
see this long Steadicam shot, and it’s like a beautiful dance. Or you’ll see a big oner shot. RON BOCHER (supervising sound editor) : Amy and Dan are very precise about what they want. They also let you do your own thing and present ideas, and you always want to please them. It’s an incredibly collaborative experience. And it’s wonderful. AMY SHERMAN ! PALLADINO : Did other people use the word “megalomaniacs” in their interviews? DANIEL PALLADINO : We also love bringing the words alive with the actors. We know when they have a handle on something, when to let them rise and not to just jump in and give them direction.
We know when they’re a little o ff . We know how to nudge without being heavy handed. We love doing that. It’s a very intimate process. Every day we were going in thinking, “How are we going to get this scene? How’s everybody feeling?” RACHEL BROSNAHAN (actress, Miriam “Midge” Maisel) : We’d all been a part of projects that were beautiful and brilliant with talented people, but they just don’t find an audience, so it’s heartbreaking. When we started, we had no idea if we were just going to make this thing that was special to us in a bubble. TONY SHALHOUB (actor, Abe Weissman) : I remember before the first episode even aired, we were plastered all over Times Square. Massive billboards.
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