The streaming wars are in full impact, and top-of-the-line Apple TV+ exhibits to observe is certainly The Morning Present. The Emmy-winning sequence is returning for its fourth season, with the forged returning to their signature roles. However actor Joe Marinelli will not be again having died again in June. However a couple of of the actors spoke to CinemaBlend about what the late actor delivered to the desk.
What we find out about The Morning Present Season 4 is proscribed, however it’s premiere is coming this week for these with an Apple TV+ subscription. As you’ll be able to see within the video above, I spoke to the forged concerning the new batch of episodes, the place Chip Black actor Mark Duplass spoke spoke about what Marinelli delivered to the desk as Donny, the director of the fictional information present. In his phrases:
And truthfully for me, we had this unimaginable actor referred to as Joe Marinelli who performed Donny the director of The Morning Present. He was somebody who had only a few traces however he was all the time central to the scene. And he simply handed away this previous 12 months. And I simply wish to say how a lot we beloved him and the way unimaginable he was. And the way somebody with so few traces and issues to do might actually add to the ensemble. And there are a lot of extra of these on The Morning Present as nicely.
Whereas of us are determining the way to watch The Morning Present Season 4, longtime followers have doubtless seen Joe Marinelli’s absence. Whereas he performed Donny within the first three seasons, the late actor sadly will not be current within the latest batch of episodes. However clearly he is within the hearts of his coworkers, and can perpetually be a part of the legacy of the sequence as an entire.
This dialog got here up after I requested them about which actors they’d prefer to see return to The Morning Present. There have been some huge names all through its tenure on the air, with Season 3 bringing in Jon Hamm and Season 4 introducing Marion Cotillard. However somewhat than waxing poetic concerning the main visitor stars, Duplass as an alternative spoke aout what Joe Marinelli delivered to the present. Billy Crudup joined on the reward of what he delivered to Donny Spagnoli, saying:
And the spirit of the set, that’s very well stated. Donny was all the time part of the corporate of actors who had been making this particular factor occur
The Morning Present has an enormous forged, due to how many individuals are working within the studio at UBA. Not all of them get fundamental storylines like Chip, Stella, or Mia, they nonetheless assist to create the world of the acclaimed Apple TV sequence. Marinelli’s presence in his recurring function as Donny is a part of what made the management room specifically really feel like such an actual place.
Followers are desperate to return to the Apple sequence, particularly following The Morning Present‘s Season 3 finale cliffhanger. In it we noticed Reese Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson turning herself into the authorities for the methods she tried to cowl her brother’s involvement within the January sixth rebel. We’ll simply need to see the place all of our characters land within the fourth season.
The Morning Present will return for Season 4 on September seventeenth as a part of the 2025 TV premiere schedule. Sadly, we can’t be capable to see Joe Marinelli’s character Donny again within the management room.